Software Engineer III

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Position: Software Engineer III

Job Location: (USA) Crossman Respect Building CA SUNNYVALE Home Office

Duties: Assists in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short- and long-term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams.

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Position does not require specific years of experience but requires listed skills.

Skills required: Must have experience with:

• Production experience integrating LLM/GenAI/Agentic AI capabilities into enterprise systems, and understanding of technologies like Model Context Protocol (MCP).

• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or similar)

• Designing and developing the RESTful web services using Java and Advanced Java; designing and implementing the services based on Micro Services Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture using Spring framework

• Coding in an object-oriented programming language such as C++, Python, or Java;

• Designing schema and writing queries for Relational Database Management System such as MySQL and Oracle DB

• Designing and implementing data layer using NoSQL databases such as CosmosDB

• Developing around messaging pipelines such as Kafka streaming, Active MQ, and IBM MQ

• Writing unit tests and integration tests using testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito and PowerMockito; implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, YML scripting, and shell scripting

• Performing performance tuning and configure application servers such as Tomcat

• Development experience using Operating Systems such as Linux and Windows; working with ORM such as Hibernate

• Designing schema using JSON and XML

• Understanding and working experience using Agile Methodologies and Software Development Life cycle

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 ben