Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About Team
- Search processes billions of queries for millions of products on Walmart sites and apps worldwide. Whenever a user types in a query or browses through product categories on the website, phone, or iPad, our service goes to work. We mine structured and semi-structured data from product catalogs, social web, transactions, query logs, etc. at an unprecedented scale. We work on big data problems, cutting-edge relevance algorithms from information retrieval, machine learning, and ranking to deliver a high-availability, low-latency service, which directly impacts business metrics.

What You'll do
- * Participates in the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with a high-level design

* Designs, implements, and tests complex code changes for specific business requirements

* Analyzes business needs and develops plans to implement software requirements in conjunction with product management and architects.

* Independently handles high impact, critical software/systems monitoring issues and tickets/ incidents.

* Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity

* Troubleshoots business and production issues

* Be excited about making an immediate impact on a global scale

What You'll Bring
- * 6+ years of experience with building scalable, highly distributed, high performing, and robust Java applications

* Extensive Java / JEE programming experience with a focus on server-side components

* Proficient hands-on experience in debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning Java Application

* Extensive experience in developing Web applications,

Experience with Spring framework

* Experience with open-source search engines like solr, lucene, or elastic search

* Advanced scripting skills in at least one of the following:
Python, Perl, or Shell and willingness to learn new technologies

* Experience with Eclipse or other IDE development tools

* Experience with Continuous Integration and related tools (i.e. Jenkins, Hudson, Maven)

* Experience with Code Quality Governance related tools (Sonar, Gerrit, PMD, Find Bugs, Checkstyle, Emma, Cobertura, JIRA, etc)

* Experience with Source Code Management Tools (GitHUB, SVN, CVS, Clearcase)

* Expertise with some or all of Apache, JBoss / Tomcat, Jetty, JMS, or other application servers like Web Logic, etc.

* Knowledge of standard tools for optimizing and testing code

* Ability to operate effectively and independently in a dynamic, fluid environment

* Master's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in the search domain highly desirable

* Experience with big data methodologies involving Hive/Hadoop/ Spark, knowledge of relational databases

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.

People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Walmart's culture is a competitive advantage, and it's fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.

Our hubs:
Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits:

Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not…