(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Android

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are looking for super smart Staff Software Engineers to help build the top-tier Android products.

About Team:

Last Mile Delivery is expected to grow multiple times over in the next few years. In this role, you will develop highly scalable services and solve complex software engineering problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology.

What you'll do:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart, you’ll have the opportunity to

• 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.
• Guide software engineers as part of a team to deliver mobile features using Android, Kotlin, GraphQL, 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 SDK frameworks, components and tooling for the Walmart developer community.
• Contribute to and enhance mobile platform architecture to implement high-tech ideas.

What you'll bring:

You have and can implement big ideas with a positive attitude. You want to be a part of the team to disrupt this industry, and you have these main skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of Android framework components and their lifecycles, accompanied by a strong understanding of multithreading, networking, offline storage, and performance tuning.
• Proficiency in Kotlin/Java, with our focus being on developing brand new apps completely in Kotlin.
• Expertise in Android SDK, Gradle, and experience with dependency injection frameworks, such as Dagger.
• A solid understanding of architectural patterns, specifically MVVM or clean.
• The ability to develop products with an emphasis on testability. You should be someone who appreciates test coverage and is well-versed in Mockito and JUnit.
• A disciplined approach to development, including tasks such as code review, testing, documentation, and maintaining a structured code environment in a team setting.
• An unending desire for improvement and learning, with a passion for adopting the latest features in Android.
• Proficient in managing complex, cross-team coordination and working closely with product owners.
• A commitment to quality - someone who takes pride in delivering high-quality products and supports others in maintaining high standards.
• As a plus, we're looking for someone with experience in Jetpack Compose, as we are currently incorporating it for our latest UI development.

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-emp