**Position Summary...** **What you'll do...** The Search Intelligence Backend team is instrumental in facilitating search functionality on Walmart's global sites and applications. We build robust, scalable data pipelines and services, directly influencing key business metrics. Our team harnesses structured and semi-structured data from various sources including product catalogs, inventory systems, social web platforms, transaction records, user engagement, and query logs. Operating at an unparalleled scale, we devise solutions for critical business issues, catering to the demands of millions of Walmart customers worldwide. We are in search of a Senior Software Engineer possessing experience in distributed systems to join our Search Data Platform team. This role necessitates exceptional coding proficiency, solid architecture, and design capabilities, coupled with a relentless drive to surmount diverse challenges. As an integral part of our team, you will take the lead in ideating, developing, and implementing solutions to a broad spectrum of business and technical issues, directly influencing the experience of every Walmart customer. What you’ll do: + Lead and participate in small- to medium-scale, cross-functional projects by reviewing project, product and business requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; designing robust and scalable architectures; writing and developing code; conducting unit testing + Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with cross functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent re-occurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery + Provide technical direction, architecture leadership and expertise to the team + Lead by example. Show your chops as an exceptional and experienced developer, including thoughtful code reviews, testing, rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes + Participate 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, user experience teams, and engineering teams. + Contribute in all phases of the development life cycle and write well-designed, testable, efficient code. - Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause) and performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues. ​ What you’ll bring: + Strong hands-on programming experience using Java or another object-oriented language + Strong grasp of distributed systems architecture and design principles. - Advanced knowledge of intricate software design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms + Experience developing and overseeing large-scale distributed applications, with a focus on scalability, availability, and fault tolerance, utilizing big data technologies such as Spark, Cassandra, Kafka, and Redis + Proficient in monitoring and analyzing application performance, stability, and success rates, and utilizing data-driven insights to enhance overall performance + Exceptional technical debugging and production support capabilities. - Skilled in scripting using shell or similar scripting languages. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines and best practices + Experience in agile development methodology. - Familiarity with cloud technologies, particularly Azure or Google Cloud Platform. - Capable of operating efficiently and autonomously in a dynamic and fluid environment + Strong oral and written communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration. - Exposure to information retrieval, statistics, and machine learning concepts. *Immigration sponsorships is not available in this role* **About Global Tech** Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption. **Flexible, hybrid work:** We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives. **Benefits:** Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. **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 inclusive of all people. _The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process._ 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 benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. ‎ ‎ ‎ You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. ‎ For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices . ‎ ‎ Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. ‎ Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. ‎ For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart (https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J) . ‎ The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00 ‎ Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. ‎ Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: ‎ ‎ - Stock ‎ ‎ **Minimum Qualifications...** _Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications._ Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. **Preferred Qualifications...** _Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications._ Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. **Primary Location...** 860 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-0000, United States of America 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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.