Position Summary...

What you'll do...

At Walmart, our goal is to assist individuals in saving money, enabling them to enhance their lives. This objective is the basis for all our choices and motivates us to revolutionize the retail industry. Achieving this requires the most exceptional talent - individuals who are innovative, curious, and motivated to provide extraordinary experiences for our customers.

Are you filled with endless enthusiasm and dedication towards engineering data to tackle ever-changing challenges that will shape the future of retail? Walmart's extensive operations come with vast and complex sets of data, presenting unparalleled opportunities for analysis and insights.

About the Data and Customer Analytics (DCA) Organization:

Our organization focuses on managing and delivering world-class data assets, including creating and maintaining data standards, driving policy compliance, creating partnerships, and developing pipelines and self-service tools. We empower our business to leverage data to fuel growth, driving revenue in our core and building new business model opportunities.

About Team:

Everyone has data, but the sheer volume of data at Walmart can be limitless. In the Data Engineering team, we help Walmart manage this data by building pipelines and data lakes to prepare big data for analysis and unlocking actionable insights in real-time. We also use cross-departmental data and machine learning to build a holistic view of true profitability, saving millions of dollars across item categories and geographies while assisting our leadership in making better decisions faster.

What you'll do:

• Your primary responsibility will be to oversee and manage data pipeline processes that utilize cutting-edge data engineering techniques to generate critical datasets for Walmart.

• You will be responsible for promptly addressing any issues or failures in data streaming and batch applications, ensuring adherence to SLAs.

• Your role will involve acting as a gatekeeper to maintain the integrity and reliability of production data systems.

• You will develop automation tools to monitor and alert platform components and data pipelines.

• You will contribute to the ongoing design, implementation, and maintenance of systems and tools within our data platform.

• You will assess and provide recommendations for optimizing resource usage in data pipelines built on a big data stack.

• You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to contribute to their roadmap and assist in capacity planning for our big data stack.

• You will implement data quality checks, data validation, and data cleaning processes to ensure the accuracy and high quality of ingested and processed data.

• You will participate in a 12/7 on-call rotation and act as the initial responder for any issues with the data pipelines.

• You will lead root cause analysis (RCA) and incident management efforts.

• You will support and uphold company policies, procedures, mission, values, and ethical standards.

What you'll bring:

• At least 4+ years of experience development of big data technologies/data pipelines

• Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, Apache Spark (Scala preferred), Apache Hive, or similar frameworks on the cloud ( GCP preferred , AWS, Azure etc.) to build batch data pipelines with strong focus on optimization, SLA adherence and fault tolerance.

• Experience in programming languages like Java or Python

• Experience in managing Spark Streaming, Kafka, Apache Storm, Flume etc.

• Experience in writing SQL to analyze, optimize, profile data preferably in BigQuery or SPARK SQL

• Strong troubleshooting skills to analyze Spark Event logs and provide recommendations on Spark container optimization, Cluster configurations etc.

• Ability to move at a rapid pace with quality and start delivering with minimal ramp up time will be crucial to succeed in this initiative.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills are necessary for working in a team environment and coordinating efforts between different stakeholders involved in the project.

Nice to have from you:

• Good understanding of REST APIs - working knowledge on Apache Druid, Redis, Elastic search, GraphQL or similar technologies. Understanding of API contracts, building telemetry, stress testing etc.

• Exposure in UI development using React .

• Exposure in developing reports/dashboards using Looker/Tableau

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.

Flexible, hybrid work:

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our 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.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

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The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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• Stock

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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 and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 2: 4 years' experience in

software engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field, 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...

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

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.