We are seeking a talented and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join our International and Omni Tech teams. The ideal candidate will have experience as a tech lead for small-medium projects and strong development background in Micro Service Architectures using backend technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Kafka technologies and a proven track record of delivering high-quality scalable software applications. You will collaborate with our product team, in-house developers, and architects to design, develop, and enhance a reliable and easy-to-maintain backend infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team of 6-8 engineers responsible for features and applications used in multiple International Stores.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Market Operations) to gather requirements, create software design specifications and high level estimates.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs, micro services and components using technologies like Java Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL Database, Cache etc.
• Perform design and code reviews, suggest improvements to ensure the highest level of quality and maintainability.
• Oversee development lifecycles, Analyze application logs, maintenance activity data, performance data and provide analysis; Evaluate change requests to identify those which are valid and feasible.
• Track, Analyze and provide guidance to the team for resolving Critical Tech Debts.
• Provide guidance in trouble shooting technical Issues, participate in root cause analysis and ensure prevention of future Incidents.
• Document code, technical specifications, and instructional materials for team members and stakeholders.
• Contribute to research and implementation of best practices and emerging technologies.
• Share knowledge via formal mentoring, reviewing code, reviewing design documents, providing technical talks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with 2-3 years as technical lead for small-mid sized development team.
• Excellent Problem Solving, Ownership, Communication and leadership skills.
• Experience with one or more of the following areas: Server Backend Distributed and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (front end and backend), Scalable Enterprise Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management.
• Deep Knowledge in Software architecture, Micro Services, Java based APIs and systems testing.
• In-depth understanding of NoSQL database implementations, like Cosmos, MongoDB, etc.
• Clear understanding of design principles for building large-scale, robust platforms
• Proven ability to share knowledge via formal mentoring, reviewing code, reviewing design documents, providing technical talks or brown bag sessions.
• Requires knowledge ofSystem performance, Application Security,monitoring tools, metrics and techniques, Test Automation and Behavior Driven Development.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.