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Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Staff Software Engineer

Backend EngineeringPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in backend engineering platform development.
  • Expertise in Java technologies, Python, Spark, distributed systems, and large-scale application development and design.
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka, Cassandra, Cosmos, and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale, including microservices, API gateways, service mesh, container orchestration (Kubernetes/WCNP), and microservices.
  • Familiarity with relational databases including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, and caching layers including Redis and Memcached.
  • Experience supporting multi-market and multi-tenant platforms with locale-aware business logic, internationalization (i18n), and cross-border considerations.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native development on Azure or GCP, including managed services, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Exposure to observability stacks including Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, and distributed tracing tools such as Jaeger and Zipkin.
  • Experience with feature flagging, A/B testing, and progressive rollout strategies for multi-market deployments.
  • Proficiency in system design, domain-driven design (DDD), and API design, including REST, gRPC, and GraphQL.
  • Track record of leading technical initiatives, driving architecture decisions, and influencing without authority across teams.
  • Strong technical background, hands-on capability, and ability to mentor individual technical talent.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and four years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, six years of software engineering or related experience.

Responsibilities

  • Code and unit test high-performance, scalable applications serving Walmart International customers in Marketing Tech and CRM Tech.
  • Design and build highly scalable, resilient backend services for multiple international markets.
  • Architect and implement multi-tenant and multi-market solutions that support locale-specific business features and delivery service-level agreements across geographies.
  • Lead technical design of core MarTech and CRM Tech systems.
  • Build event-driven, microservices-based architectures using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and NoSQL databases to deliver high throughput and low latency.
  • Build Spark batch and streaming pipelines to meet data availability needs across touchpoints.
  • Drive platform convergence efforts by unifying MarTech and CRM Tech platforms across markets to reduce duplication and accelerate delivery in new geographies.
  • Partner with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to enable data-, AI-, and ML-driven capabilities.
  • Champion engineering excellence in code quality, observability, testing strategies, CI/CD practices, and production readiness.
  • Mentor and grow engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and technical leadership.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area, along with two years of software engineering or related experience.

About the Company

Walmart

Sells groceries and essentials in stores and online

Walmart sells groceries, household essentials, clothing, and electronics through stores and online marketplaces for consumers around the world. Its everyday low price model combines large purchasing volumes with distribution networks that move goods to stores and customer homes. Shoppers can browse online, collect orders at a nearby store, or request delivery, while third-party merchants use its marketplace and fulfillment services to reach customers. The group earns revenue from merchandise sales, memberships, advertising, and services, and also operates pharmacies, optical centers, and digital payments businesses. Walmart opened its first discount store in 1962 and is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bentonville, AR
Founded
1962

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