(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

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What you'll do...

Job Summary:

Are you a talented Lead Software Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills? We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for technical solutions architecture and design leadership, utilizing your expertise in Java, Spring Framework, CI/CD flows, DevOps, Scrum, Kanban, SQL/NoSQL DB (Oracle, MySQL, Spanner, Cassandra), and Cloud Experience (Google, Microsoft, Open Stack).

About Our Team:

Join our dynamic team as a Staff Engineer for the Walmart core Payments group, where you'll lead and inspire a talented group of technology professionals. Your role will be pivotal in building our cutting-edge technology services, ensuring seamless payment processing for our valued customers both in-store and online. If you're passionate about innovation, customer experience, and driving technological excellence, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact to the payment transformation at Walmart.

What You'll Do:

• Develop a comprehensive payment lifecycle management solution that caters to Walmart's physical POS clients, as well as Ecommerce and omnichannel consumers across multiple markets and geographies (including the US, Mexico, UK, Canada, China, etc.).

• Build scalable and high-performing services to support a wide range of tender types, such as Credit/Debit cards, Gift cards, EBT, eWIC, Phone cards, PayPal, Chase pay, etc. Additional capabilities include prepaid phone activations, utility payments, benefits lookups, point of banking transactions, Sam’s Club Membership lookups, and Pharmacy Adjudications.

• Lead small groups of six to ten engineers in software development and design, identifying short- and long-term solutions and timelines. Review and approve proposed solutions, implement new architectural patterns, and perform design and code reviews of changes.

• Maintain a pulse on the ever-evolving landscape of payment technologies, proactively integrating the latest advancements into our systems to ensure we remain at the forefront of the industry.

• Demonstrate adeptness in managing multiple initiatives simultaneously, while upholding the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

• Prioritize operational excellence by continuously monitoring and optimizing the performance of payment systems to meet or exceed defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

• Establish best-in-class alerting and monitoring mechanisms for Walmart's Tier 0 payment platform, enabling proactive detection and resolution of issues.

What You'll Bring:

• An unwavering commitment to continuous improvement, continuous learning mindset and a fervent dedication for crafting highly resilient distributed systems
• Proven track record of leadership in guiding technical teams and individuals in technical capacity
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, leveraging public cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and backend technology stack encompassing Java, Spring, Kafka, Databases, Caching, and more.
• Enthusiasm for cultivating a culture of engineering excellence within the team, advancing practices such as continuous delivery, automation, rigorous performance testing, and elevating unit test code coverage metrics.
• Remarkable skills in strategic planning, clear communication, adept stakeholder management, and securing architectural alignment across peer teams and architects.

• You’ll sweep us off our feet if you possess prior experience in steering large scale technology services within the payment/financial