STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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Position Summary... What you'll do... About the Team You will be a key technical pillar within the Returns engineering team, a group that values highly resilient, defensive coding practices heavily grounded in modern Java ecosystems. We foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical depth, where you will have the autonomy to solve complex architectural problems and make a significant impact on Walmart's global operations. What You’ll Do System Architecture & Development: Architect, design, and develop sophisticated, highly scalable, and ultra-high-performing Java-based backend systems with exposure to massive-scale business units like eCommerce, Fulfillment, and Inventory. Technology Leadership: Leverage modern Java frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), microservices architecture, and public/hybrid clouds to build globally distributed solutions. Lead complex debugging and performance tuning (JVM, memory management, garbage collection). Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate intimately with our highly skilled Enterprise Architects community to define technical roadmaps, share innovations, and push the boundaries of scale and performance. Mentorship & Culture: Act as a technical mentor and multiplier, elevating the engineering capabilities of the team and fostering a culture of technical excellence and independent execution. Innovation & Influence: Present innovative architectural designs and strategic technical solutions to larger organizational groups and leadership, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement. What You’ll Bring Education & Experience: An Engineering Degree (B.E/BTech/MTech/MS) in Computer Science or related field with 10 years of deep, hands-on experience in software engineering. Core Java Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in modern Java (Java 11/17 ), JVM internals, J2EE, multi-threading, concurrency, and functional programming. Distributed Systems: Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, demonstrating deep understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability. Data & Messaging: Strong command over Distributed Databases (NoSQL/SQL), asynchronous messaging, and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka). Cloud & Microservices: Hands-on experience with Cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and containerization. Engineering Excellence: Profound understanding of CS Fundamentals, Data Structures, and Algorithms. Strong advocacy for SDLC best practices, including rigorous code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, testing, and operations. Communication: Influential communication skills with a proven track record of effectively articulating technical challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 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, cybersecur

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