(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About Team:  Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers. What you'll do:

• Define, design, and develop data access layer for SQL and NoSQL datastores
• Lead a team of engineers to deliver cross-team initiatives
• Root-cause analysis of complex problems involving multiple teams, applications, networks, hardware, and software that relate to scaling and performance.
• Collaborate with open source community and make contributions to open source software. 
• Collaborate with public cloud database service providers and deliver efficient and effective database solutions to business critical applications. 
• Own the problems and deliver solutions for complex problems. 

What you'll bring:

• 12+ years of software development experience in backend systems and services involving database accesses (SQL and NoSQL) in distributed environment.
• Extensive hand on experience and deep expertise in Java based technologies is a must.  Thorough understanding of concurrency and threads models in Java.
• Proficiency in database technologies and deep understanding their designs and limitations (SQL and NoSQL)
• Designs, scopes, and builds large projects across multiple teams with end-to-end delivery.
• Git or a similar version control tool
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban)
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and delivery (Jenkins, GitOps, etc)
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks and concepts (Integration, Unit, etc )

• Experience in running large-scale data platforms.
• Able to write clear design documentations.
• Able to diagnose and do deep analysis on production issues.
• Able to lead a group of engineers to solve a challenging problem/project
• Able to mentor junior engineers

  Good to have:

• Extensive knowledge in deployment automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Extensive knowledge in Database technologies, Distributed Systems and the challenges that come with them.
• Experience in writing DB Client SDK or Networking drivers.
• Experience in Netty framework or Java NIO.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in software development.
• 5+ years as a technical architect.
• Experience interacting with your business and product partners to gather the right requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering software using Agile methodologies.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field.
• Expertise with cloud technologies such Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience working with teams across multiple locations. Distributed office working experience with a US headquarters.
• Excellent technical abilities with strong business, organizational and analytical skills.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits includ