Distinguished, Software Engineer

Walmart

17 - 22 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 16/01/2025

Job Description

Position Summary...

Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy. Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.

What you'll do...

Job Summary

Walmart is looking for a passionate Distinguished Engineer to drive data mission for Global Time and Attendance (GTA) team in People Tech organization.

About Team

The Enterprise People Technology team supports successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What you'll do:

  • As a senior most IC in data team, you’ll have the opportunity to strategize, design and build big data platform serving different analytical needs of our stake holders and building data products for associates

  • Coaching and developing high-performance team: Mentor/coach teams of data engineers to ensure high quality business deliverables are met.  

  • Business Thought Partnership:  Provide thought leadership and counsel to stakeholders in exploring possible data solutions to address business questions and business needs.  Define problem statement.  Translate business requirements into data / analytic strategies, initiatives, and projects, align them to business team’s strategy and objectives.  Synthesize data(structured/unstructured) from different sources, provide data models/actionable business insights and / or analytic solution to stakeholders.  

  • Technical leadership for data community: Develop expertise of the data domains that are owned and / or related to the business function that this role supports.  Train and coach data engineers in mastering technical knowledge of the respective data domains to deliver data engineering/analytic solutions / insights for business stakeholders.

  • Innovation and Optimisation: Understand the latest trends w.r.t data engineering and ideate and solve next generation data engineering products with a innovation mindset. Have EDLC is everything that’s done and continuously provide solutions which lead to cloud optimizations. Guide the teams towards optimization data solutions. Strategize spreading of near real time and self-serve capabilities within the organization in a sustainable way. Leverage AI/ML, Gen AI and bring innovative solutions to GTA space.

  • Collaboration: Collaborate closely with teams outside of GTA (GTP, Data Governance) to ensure high standards w.r.t Data Quality, Data Security and overall Data Governance thereby ensuring compliance to data audits.
  • Research and drive in bringing in open-source solutions into Data space
  • Develop and implement best practices and standards across the Data team
  • Create a collaborative environment across geography for delivering best services to the customers around the globe.
  • Provide supervision, mentoring and development opportunities for Data engineers
  • Attitude to enjoy in a fun, fast-paced environment.

What you'll bring:

We are looking for a technically strong Data Architect, with a proven background as a data architect to enable a high performing technology team that builds scalable data solutions using the latest technologies. The role is designed to be an individual contributor.

  • A strong understanding of data and reporting engines, data modelling and warehousing, and data transformations and pipelines for supporting real time and batch-oriented events processing.
  • Experience in leading large/medium sized development team as a Senior Director.
  • Experience with relational databases (Oracle / My SQL), non-relational databases (CosmosDB) and Big data technologies like Spark, BigQuery
  • Experience in building end-to-end data products (DaaS) using latest technologies and architecture (like microservices architecture). This included good knowledge of DevOps.
  • Experience with distributed real time / micro batch computation systems such as Spark

Your qualifications

  • Good academic record and graduated (B.Tech/ M.Tech) from a reputed institution
  • Bachelor’s with 17-22 years of experience OR Masters with 15-20 years of experience in building data integration solutions involving Big Data technologies.

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

Mandatory Skills

Cloud data processing, storage, real time streaming, data governance, lineage, analytical tools

Years Of Experience

15 to 20 Years

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 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 4 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...

Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India

About Company

Walmart is a multinational retail corporation and one of the world's largest companies by revenue. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Known for its "everyday low prices" strategy, Walmart serves millions of customers globally through its physical stores and e-commerce platforms. The company is a leader in retail innovation, supply chain management, and sustainability initiatives, offering a wide range of products including groceries, electronics, apparel, and more.

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