Staff, Software Engineer - Mobile

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Job Description

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for a key position on Walmart’s Driver Experience group under the Last Mile Delivery initiative. Driver experience is key to the success of the Last Mile platform that powers Walmart’s Grocery, General Merchandize and Same Day Delivery propositions. We deal with driver Payments, miles driven, externalization of Walmart Core delivery services. Last Mile Delivery is expected to grow multiple times over in the next few years. In this role, you will develop highly scalable services to process millions of requests per day and solve complex software engineering problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology. You will drive projects of high visibility across the organization while leading the work of other small groups of six to ten engineers across geographies. 

What you’ll bring:  

• 10+ years of working experience in Native App development.
• Examples : Kotlin, Java, MVP + MVVM, RX programming, Understanding to UT framework,
• 3+ years of working experience in Cloud Components and Architecture
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and be able to articulate complex technical concepts in an approachable way for broad audiences.
• Demonstrated high level design of systems
• Solid experience in large scale distributed systems and event-driven architecture.

• Have designed, built, and maintained APIs, services of highly scalable platforms.
• Have experience with Kafka or other high volume-low latency messaging infrastructure
• Have experience with Azure Cloud Stack or other cloud stacks
• Have extensive knowledge of open-source libraries, design patterns and micro-service architecture. Familiarity with CI/CD and unit testing

What you’ll do:

• Taking the lead on problems related to scale & monetization
• Leveraging your experience of designing and building large scale distributed systems, solving problems related to scale and have experience with process huge amounts of data
• Assists in providing guidance to small groups of 3 to 5 engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by proving 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, criti