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PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart Labs

3.8

based on 2.4k Reviews

15-20 years

Bangalore / Bengaluru

1 vacancy

PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart

posted 3d ago

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Key skills for the job

Architecture Data Structures and Algorithms Troubleshooting Disaster Recovery VMS Web Services

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Job Description

Design distributed systems considering scalability, design patterns, disaster recovery, tech stacks, Minimum Viable Product- MVP & Non-Functional Requirements.
Create simple, modular, extensible and functional design in adherence to the requirements for multiple products/solutions within a domain.
Work with the Product team to understand Customer requirements and analyze the gaps between existing architecture and customer requirements.
Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security.
Create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for an entire product. Finalize the tech stack.
Review the MVP to uncover risks and check for performance and usability; guide the team during MVP creation.
Be the technical leader for the team & not only guiding but actively supporting team as needed and takes end to end ownership of design and architecture of multiple large-scale products.
Ensure products are well designed, well built and have flexible architectures to meet business needs and future extensibility.
Contribute actively to tech and arch councils, constantly strive for engineering and operational excellence across the product lines.
Lead and advocate Agile engineering practices, with a focus on continuous improvement, lean and systems thinking.
Triaging and Troubleshooting including regression testing, root cause analysis (RCA), root cause corrective action (RCCA) To guide team members in RCA and RCCA to identify the origins of and prevent defects/performance gaps.
Good active listener, being able to hear and include propositions from other engineers in the final solution.
Investigate the latest technology trends and build quick Proof of Concept functionalities to address future/current business needs
Perform code reviews, design reviews, guide the test team with the user scenarios

What you will bring:

B.Tech. / B.E. / M.Tech. / M.S. in Computer Science or relevant discipline
15+ years of experience in design and development of highly-scalable distributed applications and platforms - particularly for multi-tenant, SaaS products.
Experience building a Code, Deploy, Run pipeline using DevOps best practises by leveraging the best available CI/CD tools.
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
Own Tech Debt/Tech Modernization - Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
Having proficiency Java/J2EE, Microservices, Cloud Native Architecture
Hands on experience in Microservices, RESTful webservices development in Java SpringBoot, Dropwizard or equivalent framework).
Good knowledge in messaging systems: Kafka / RabbitMQ
In depth knowledge of Cloud Native Architecture, Microservice Architecture and related stacks (Service Registry, ELK / Splunk, service registry, VMs, etc) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Knowledge of at least one of Azure/Google Cloud Platforms.
Self-Starter with the ability to multitask across several priority areas in the face of fuzzy situations.
Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based project.
Strong hands on development skills to prototype technical solutions.
Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.
Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns and configurations tools for faster development.
Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology.

Benefits:

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Minimum Qualifications...

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and5 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years experience in software engineering or related area.

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.

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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