Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

As a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Java applications, you will be a technical leader responsible for architecting, designing, and delivering robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions that Samsclub.com's Order Management platforms. You will drive key initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence the technology vision across teams, ensuring the delivery of world-class software solutions.
What you'll do:

Application Development: Lead the design, development, and deployment of Samsclub.com Fulfillment systems. 

• End-to-End AI Solutioning: Own the lifecycle of Fulfillment lifecycle of Samsclub.com, from ideation to deployment, ensuring robust and scalable production systems. Strong Problem Solving and Enterprise Software Lifecycle Experience is must.
• Scalability and Reliability: Ensure the scalability and reliability of systems by implementing robust CI/CD pipelines, monitoring solutions, and alerting systems.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineers, business, UX and product teams to integrate Different services for Fulfillment Lifecycle.
• Knowledge Sharing and Mentorship: Guide and mentor team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Solution Design:
  • Design scalable, distributed software solutions using industry best practices and design patterns.
  • Evaluate trade-offs and convert high-level designs into detailed technical specifications, including mockups and pseudocode.
  • Ensure solutions meet disaster recovery, MVP, and non-functional requirements.
  • Ensure to have Hands on Experience with Development of services in Java on a cloud platform. 
  • Exposure to build, CI/CD & deployment pipelines and related technologies like Kubernetes.
  • Exposure to SQL/NoSQL data stores like Cassandra, Elastic, Mongo etc.
  • Hands-on experience in building web-based Java EE services/applications leveraging Kafka, RESTful Web-Services, Spring, Spring boot, Hibernate, Splunk, Caching.
  •  Retail experience or knowledge is a plus.
• Defect Management and Troubleshooting:
  • Track, analyze, and resolve defects using defect tracking tools and methodologies.
  • Conduct regression testing and troubleshoot performance and availability issues.
• DevOps Orientation:
  • Perform complex maintenance procedures and monitor application performance using telemetry and analytics.
  • Analyze logs, evaluate change requests, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of experience working on complex technology and data organizations, with 5+ years as senior engineer or designing the systems.
• Proven success designing and maintaining enterprise platforms at scale and with low total ownership End to End.
• Deep experience in microservices architecture, and system reliability.
• Strong cross-functional leadership—ability to connect engineering execution with business KPIs.

Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners. Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.

​​​Future Ways of Working:
Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize