Java Software Engineer

Senior Java Developer (Java, Spring boot, Kafka, Azure)

Company: Insight Global

Location: Insight Global Technical Delivery Center , Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Onsite - 4 days a week

Start Date: Immediate joiner or 30 days or less notice period

Availability: Must be able to join by second week of March

Notice Period: ASAP hire

Interview Process: Priority for candidates who message on LinkedIn with their resume

Compensation range - 20-28 LPA

IMMEDIATE JOINERS PREFERRED

Core Technical Skills-

• 7+ years of backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
• Handson experience building cloudnative services (Azure preferred)
• Experience with Azure SQL (schema design, performance tuning, data integrity)
• Strong experience with Kafka (publishers, consumers, eventdriven architectures)

System & Integration Experience-

• Experience integrating legacy systems with modern cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of eventdriven, realtime data pipelines
• Experience working with SOAP and REST APIs
• Experience building highthroughput, lowlatency systems

Process & Collaboration-

• Experience working in large, crossfunctional enterprise programs
• Strong debugging, rootcause analysis, and production support skills
• Comfortable supporting UAT, pilots, and Hypercare
• Strong documentation and communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience with pricing, retail, or merchandising systems
• Familiarity with Walmart systems (SMART, Price Engine, SWORD, PriceRT)
• Experience with international pricing, taxinclusive pricing, or multimarket systems
• Exposure to DSL (Digital Shelf Labels) workflows
• Experience supporting largescale store migrations

Job Description:

The Senior Java Developer will be a core contributor to the Price Engine initiative, a multiphase transformation program modernizing how Walmart International executes near realtime price changes across stores and digital channels.

This role focuses on building and enhancing cloudnative, eventdriven backend services that replace legacy SMART pricing with a scalable, multitenant Price Engine platform. You will work on pricing rule execution, Kafkabased integrations, audit pipelines, and downstream publishing, supporting pilots, audits, and largescale store rollouts across Canada and other international markets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Backend Development Price Engine & SMART Integration

• Design, develop, and maintain Java / Spring Boot microservices supporting Price Engine workflows.
• Build and enhance SMART Backfeed services to publish realtime price changes into SMART SOAP APIs during the transition period.
• Implement and support Kafka publisher/consumer logic for:
• SMART passthrough flows
• Backfeed integrations
• Data fanout to downstream systems
• Ensure services are resilient, scalable, and aligned to global SPA (Single Platform Acceleration) standards.

2. Pricing Rule Execution & Data Processing

• Implement and support Price Engine logic responsible for:
• Home Office price
• Event pricing
• SIPC eligibility
• Validation rules
• PI Count & Finance Count
• Markup / Markdown
• WAS (Weighted Average Selling) price calculations
• Persist and manage pricing data using Azure SQL and related cloud data services.
• Optimize performance for highvolume, near realtime pricing events.

3. Audit Pipeline Development (SMART vs. Price Engine)

• Build and enhance the Audit Data Pipeline (SMART Kafka Price Engine Audit).
• Support parallel run scenarios where SMART and Price Engine operate simultaneously.
• Enable comparison of pricing outputs to identify:
• Deltas and mismatches
• Missing attributes
• Rule execution failures
• Downstream impacts
• Partner with engineering and business teams to refactor logic until parity thresholds are met.

4. E2E Testing, UAT & Pilot Support

• Collaborate with QA and business teams to support endtoend testing across integrated systems:
• IQS, PriceX / NGP, EI
• SWORD, PriceRT, Store Finance
• Conflux / FlexPOS (market dependent)
• Ecommerce (IRO)
• Support UAT execution, defect resolution, and environment readiness.
• Participate in pilot store rollouts for Canada, ensuring:
• Realtime pricing accuracy
• Proper DSL label work order generation
• Correct POS and store finance pricing

5. Hypercare & Store Rollouts

• Provide handson support during Hypercare windows, addressing:
• Integration issues
• Data discrepancies
• Performance and latency concerns
• Support extended pilots and Express store rollouts (first 10+ stores through full rollout).
• Assist with production deployments, monitoring, stabilization, and postrollout validation.
• Support performance, resiliency, and throughput testing at scale.