(USA) Staff Software Engineer

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Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Position Description

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.

We're looking for a Staff  Engineer to join International Digital Experiences team .  Want to change how different countries shop online? Then keep reading!

We know applying for and taking on a new job at any company requires a leap of faith. We want you to feel comfortable and excited to apply at Walmart. To help share a bit more about life at Walmart, here are a few resources in addition to the job description that can give you an inside look at what life is like at Walmart. We hope you'll take the leap of faith and apply.

About You 

You love code. You love to take raw ideas and build great products with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. You know JavaScript is imperfect, but you embrace its functional side and genuinely enjoy coding with it. You might like to talk about obscure computer science topics, but really, you just want to write simple code and ship new products and features to customers (or improve existing ones).

 You love great UX. You spend most of your time coding, but you also have an eye for great design and a feel for great UX. Maybe you were once a designer (or still are) or maybe your creative outlet has always been the code. Either way, you care about more than just the code.

You love learning new things. You love researching new tech and driving forward with the implementation details. Your focus is on frontend JavaScript code, but you can dig in wherever needed. Node.js, GraphQL, NextJS, Nx, build tools, shell scripts, you name it. If you don't already know it, you're ready to learn it.

 You can balance lots of concerns. Frontend apps have to take into account performance (using networks and devices that we can't control), customer demands, A/B tests, UX research, code quality, a rapidly changing ecosystem of languages and modules, and the list goes on. And we actually want to ship things too! You can balance those demands without getting overwhelmed and keep the needle moving forward.

 You love helping others. You love sharing knowledge with the rest of your team, building shared tooling for other engineers, giving back to the open-source community, and directly helping customers.

Things You will do

Walmart International is a diverse and fast-growing business unit, so you'll  get experience on many different projects across the organization. That said, here are some things you'll do:

• Research, guide, and execute frontend architecture changes, including but by no means limited to GraphQL, server-side React rendering, and Flow typing.

• Build reusable React components with modular CSS, manage data on the client with Redux, use react query, and GraphQL.

• Measure and resolve performance bottlenecks, using tools like Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, WebPagetest, or custom tooling.

• Refactor or improve existing code. And we constantly find ways to improve all of our JavaScript code.

• Work closely with our product, design, and UX teams to create amazing and intuitive experiences that make it effortless to connect different apps together.

• Help put tools, processes, and documentation in place to improve our code quality.

• Review code written by other team members or other teams.

• Ship to hundreds of thousands of users every day while having lots of autonomy in terms of code and feature ownership.

• Work with complex and varied data structures (APIs can be a little, uh, eccentric).

• Help out with our Node-based developer platform.

• Share what you know and learn either one-on-one or with lightning talks to the group.

• Give back to the community via open source and blog posts.

• Experiment: this is a startup-like environment so everything can change as we experiment with doing more custom partnership work

• As a part of Walmart’s all-hands philosophy, help customers via support to ensure they have the best experience possible.

• You'll also have the opportunity to specialize in a variety of areas of the codebase, including core product or platform development. Focusing on a specialization will not limit your area for growth at Walmart, as each engineer brings a unique perspective and can contribute differently to all areas. We encourage participation and will frequently have engineers contribute across teams to assist in projects. 

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS with minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience in JavaScript.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Node JS development
• Minimum 1 year of experience in GraphQL
• Experience in writing extensive unit tests

Preferred Qualifications

• 10-14 years of experience in software development using modern languages (NodeJS, Angular, React, etc.)
• Thorough understanding of React, Node.JS and its core principles 
• Experience in React Query or nx is a big plus 
• Own code quality and experience in writing extensive unit tests
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Proven ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks quickly
• Ability to deliver in Agile method (SCRUM)
• Excellent written communication and follow-up skills

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related field OR 6 years’ experience in software
engineering or related field.

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 or related field and 3 years' experience in software engineering

Primary Location...

640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries—all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

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.