Position Summary
We are looking for a Software Engineer III with expertise in Android platform and full stack experience to join Acquisition and Discovery Engineering team. This is a hands-on role that requires expert coding skills, strong architecture and design, deep focus and experience on operational excellence, and the ability to guide and mentor a small team of engineers. You will play a critical role in leading, designing, and developing business and technology initiatives that solve mission-critical business problems for Walmart customers.
About the Team:
The Acquisition and Discovery Engineering team at Walmart is dedicated to providing a seamless and delightful shopping experience to millions of shoppers worldwide. As a Staff Software Engineer in this team, you will have the opportunity to work on top of the funnel shopping experience – Homepage, Content Pages for SEO and SEM, Search & Browse experiences, Deals and Item pages across mobile and web platforms.
This collaborative team made up of Engineering, UX, Product Management, Business and Analytics is rapidly iterating on new products and site features at scale. We deliver high performing solutions on our next generation front-end platform. Virtual Try-On, Gen AI integration, personalized complete-the-look, Video shopping, etc. are just a few examples of the features developed by this team in collaboration with many other teams. Continuous experimentation, innovation, and feedback by millions of customers makes this work even more exciting!
What You’ll Do
***Immigration support is not provided for this role****
As a Software Engineer III– Android for Acquisition and Discovery Engineering team at Walmart, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Be a part of technical lead, design, develop and lead multiple Business or Technology driven projects with small to medium sized teams to support new functionalities and user experiences.
- Play a pivotal role in shaping architectural decisions, championing scalable and efficient solutions to meet present and future needs.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert to provide technical leadership and mentorship to your teammates, other teams, and engineers.
- Be part of a full-stack team to deliver web and mobile features using React, Android, Node.js, GQL, etc.
- Take ownership, lead and contribute across the technical stack to improve speed of delivery, developer productivity and related goals.
- Drive Availability, Quality, Performance, and Resiliency related goals with your team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, UX and designers, to grasp the requirements and deliver top-tier software product.
- Identify and drive improvements to mobile SDE frameworks, components and tooling for the Walmart developer community.
- Contribute to and enhance mobile platform architecture to implement high-tech ideas for next generation retail. This involves technologies related to AR/VR, Gen AI, Automation/Robotics, Telemetry, Code-injection technologies, etc.
What you’ll Bring
- At least 2+ years of experience designing and developing software for Android platform as well as larger frontend stack.
- Experience developing and testing Server-side APIs for mobile and web clients using Node.js, Java, Go, etc. GQL is a plus.
- Develop code for testability and write automated tests with Junit 4, MockK, and Espresso tests to help uphold product quality on a high commit volume code base.
- Experience in mobile architectures including Model View Controller (MVC), Model View View-Model (MVVM), and VIPER. Experience publishing and managing dependencies using Maven and Gradle build systems.
- Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
- Excellent technical debugging and production support skills.
- Experience with monitoring mobile app performance, stability, success rate and leveraging data to improve the same.
- Improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews.
- Familiarity with public cloud technologies such as Azure OR Google Cloud Platform .
- Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
Minimum Qualifications
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 2 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- Option 2: 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Customer Service, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location: 840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
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