Job Description
About the Team:
Sam's Club is our membership warehouse club, a business model that provides our members with high-quality products at prices that are unrivalled by traditional retail. Sam's Club provides a carefully curated assortment of items, as well as developing and leading technologies and services such as Scan & Go, Club Pickup, and home delivery service in select markets. Sam's Club also provides travel, auto purchasing, pharmacy, optical, hearing aid centres, tire and battery centres, and a portfolio of business operations support services.
The Merchandising Technology team builds products, provides solutions and support to the merchants and business users who work on various areas like product sourcing, costing, negotiations, assortment planning, store and planogram layouts, item setup, pricing, promotions/discounts, product insights etc. The technology team is spread across US and India geographies, and works closely with the product and business teams.
What you'll do:
Our ideal candidate is an energetic, self-motivated individual focused on solving customer problems. He/she is a responsive team player who can proactively contribute for building technical strategies for applications and systems by promoting an understanding of the technology and business roadmap. When you add the numbers, you will realize that this role will probably help influence the largest pool of customers anywhere in the world. If that gives you goose bumps – then you are the kind of candidate, we want.
You will be responsible for development of merchant and associate facing applications that are used to provide the right price, assortment and promotion experience for the members.
You will work in our own internal open stack cloud, Azure, GCP, using several technologies including but not limited to JAVA, Spring, Kafka, Cosmos DB, REST APIs, GraphQL, etc.
Help define Technical Roadmap and own the entire product delivery end to end.
Work very closely with different product and business stakeholders at various locations in US and India to drive the execution of multiple business plans and technologies
Support business objectives by collaborating with business partners to define priorities, identify opportunities and drive resolutions
Improve, optimize and identify opportunities for efficient software development processes
Hire, Develop and Retain a strong team of software engineers.
Exhibit strong leadership and communication skills to collaborate with product, engineering and management teams across different geographic locations
Promote and support company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
Lead and direct large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; directing and reviewing
Design artifacts (for example, proof of concepts, prototypes); write and develop code; oversee software design; review unit test cases; communicate status and issues to team members and stakeholders; direct project team and cross functional teams; enhance design to prevent recurrences of defects; ensure on-time delivery and hand-offs; interact with project manager to provide input on project plan; and provide leadership to the project team.
What you'll bring:
Deep expertise in Architecture and Design Patterns, Cloud Native Microservices Development, Developing resilient, reliable & quality software
Problem Solving, Building and Leading High Performing Teams, Thought Leadership
Technical mindset and product development driven experience and ability to deep dive on technical issues and provide guidance to the team.
Exposure in Program Management, dependency and development tracking of the product across the teams.
Passion for quick learning and adapting in a fast-paced global environment
Strong sense of ownership, focus on quality, responsiveness, efficiency and innovation
Great communication skills, ability to work with other teams and people. Good stake holder management skills.
A proven track record for ability to work with distributed teams in a collaborative and productive manner
Retail / E-Commerce background is an advantage
Mandatory Skills:
An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS in any stream – Computer Science preferred.
14+ years of relevant experience, Minimum of 5 years of experience with agile principles and practices. Experience in leading Scrum teams.
Hands on experience in building scalable cloud native software platforms/applications
Very strong understanding and experience in the area of software development lifecycle.
Strong Java/J2EE, React, iOS and Andriod development track record
Strong understanding of CS Fundamentals, Data Structures, Algorithms and Problem Solving
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) / PMP certification preferred.
Desirable skills:
Experience in leading and delivering full-stack customer facing applications would be desirable
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
We're back to office
Walmart's culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Bangalore office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their 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 diversity- 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.
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 5 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years experience in software engineering or related area. 2 years supervisory experience.
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 3 years 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...Tower 1, Part Of 1st, 2nd To 4th Flrs, Intl Tech Park Radial Road (radial It Park Pvt Ltd), , India
