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Walmart

Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

. Provide technical leadership for a high-performing team of 10 to 20 engineers .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeChennai • IndiaLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in software design, development, and deployment of scalable applications, with a strong focus on Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-based solutions. Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives.

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Technical LeadershipJava Application DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureCI/CD Development ToolsCloud-Based Solutions

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Hard Skills
JavaSpring BootKafkaSparkCI/CDJUnitMockitoSQLNoSQLEvent-Based Systems
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationTeam Building
Tools & Technologies
GitMavenJenkinsDockerKubernetesPrometheusSplunkRedisMemcachedAzure
Industry Keywords
Software EngineeringData ProcessingCloud ComputingAgile MethodologiesArchitectural Design

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsJUnitKafkaKubernetesMavenMicroservicesMockitoNoSQLPrometheusPythonRedisSparkSplunkSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide technical leadership for a high-performing team of 10 to 20 engineers
  • Guide architectural decisions and best practices for scalable applications
  • Drive software design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, and documentation
  • Build, test, and deploy solutions at scale impacting Walmart associates worldwide
  • Mentor engineers in scalable, resilient, robust cloud-based solutions
  • Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies and contribute to the tech community
  • Collaborate with Product Management and Business to set priorities and deliver products
  • Design and build enhanced processes and technical solutions supporting strategic initiatives
  • Work with Architects and cross-functional teams to deliver solutions meeting Quality, Cost, and Delivery objectives
  • Work with senior leadership to define product roadmaps
  • Participate in hiring and building high-performing agile teams
  • Gather requirements from business owners and technical teams in India and globally
  • Process and reconcile supplier merchandise against invoices to support timely and accurate payments

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or related field, with minimum 10+ years of experience in software design, development and automated deployments
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area; OR 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area
  • Experience delivering highly scalable large-scale data processing Java applications
  • Strong high- and low-level system design skills
  • Experience designing data-intensive applications in open stack
  • Understanding of CS fundamentals, microservices, data structures, algorithms, and problem solving
  • Experience with CI/CD development environments/tools including Git, Maven, and Jenkins
  • Experience writing modular and testable code and unit, functional, and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, and Mock MVC
  • Hands-on experience building Java-based backend systems and cloud-based solutions
  • Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Spark
  • Experience with microservices architecture, distributed concepts, design principles, design patterns, and cloud-native development
  • Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, concurrency, garbage collection, RESTful services, data caching services, and ORM tools
  • Experience with relational databases and complex OLAP, OLTP, and SQL queries
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cosmos DB
  • Experience with caching technologies such as Redis and Memcached
  • Experience with event-based systems such as Kafka
  • Experience with monitoring and alert tools such as Prometheus and Splunk
  • Experience with debugging and troubleshooting
  • Exposure to Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of public cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP is an added advantage
  • Understanding of mainframe databases is an added advantage
  • Preferred: Master’s degree and 2 years’ experience in software engineering or related area
  • Good to have Python, GenAI/RAG/LLM APIs, agentic system design, responsible AI, inference optimization, and AI-assisted development experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Incentive awards for performance
  • Maternity and parental leave
  • PTO
  • Health benefits
  • Daily office work with flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives
  • Training in future-focused skillsets
  • Opportunities to gain new skills and experience