Staff, Software Engineer @ Walmart

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

 

What youll do...

 

The core focus of Traffic Platform is to develop and implement new innovative software solutions, which scale significantly with business demand and enhance Walmarts cloud platforms. We take pride in developing, maintaining and enhancing multiple massive clusters of front-end-optimizing (FEO) reverse proxies with on-the-fly content rewriting, image resizing, caching, request-response life cycle and Lua event handler execution (all multi domain/tenant). We also own the responsibilities of development, deployment and operation of a Walmart s CDN ecosystem involving BGP/anycast, DNS servers and peer-to-peer health monitoring.

 

What will you do?

What will you bring?

Bachelors degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or Mathematics or 11-15 years of applicable industry experience

Experience with distributed systems and one or more commercially available content delivery network platforms

Experience working with HTTP request/response protocols/lifecycle and related troubleshooting tools and techniques

5+ years of server-side experience in Go and JS

Experience in using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure as code

Strong background in process design for reliable systems; strong big picture awareness of systems

Ability to interact effectively with a variety of business and technical stakeholders

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing technical documentation

Good generalist experience, with ability and willingness to read and write into all layers of a software stack

A knowledge of web performance (DOM, HAR files, waterfall diagrams)

Previous experience with config management frameworks such as salt stack.

 

Flexible, hybrid work

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is and feels included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Minimum Qualifications...

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 years experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Master s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years experience in software engineering or related area