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What you'll do...
About the job
What you'll do...
Walmart's Global Tech Platform team helps thousands of developers save time and code better, so that millions of Walmart associates can help hundreds of millions of customers save money and live better. We sustain millions of transactions per second, process petabytes of data, and enable tens of thousands of production deployments per day. We simplify the complexities of scale and unify software development for all aspects of the business, digital and physical.
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer on our Cloud Spark Service team whose mission is to remove the complexity of provisioning, operating, and maintaining a cloud-based streaming services by providing an automated, lights- out, self-healing solution. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and maintenance for the platform backend services that drive ecommerce for the world's largest retailer. You will be leading large organizations in building the next- generation, cloud-based streaming technology capable of supporting transactions for e-commerce and retail stores.
We are a progressive technology group working in an agile environment that is looking for technologists who want to solve complex, high-scale business problems. You must have a go-getter attitude, excellent communication, and a belief that the customer is first. We are looking for an engineer who believes in delivering solid, robust solutions with a sense of ownership.
Managers Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 plus years of software development and/or DevOps Experience in related field (Messaging, Streaming, Big Data)
• Bachelor's in Computer Sci or related field
• Extensive knowledge in deployment automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Nomad, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge in Distributive Technologies (Kafka and Spark) and the challenges that come with them
• Strong Java/Scala skill sets
• Designs, Scopes, and Builds large projects with large teams
• Git or a similar version control tools
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban)
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and delivery (Jenkins, GitOps, etc)
• Strong understanding of testing frameworks (JUnit, Cucumber, or similar) and concepts (CHO, Integration, Unit, etc )
• Strong understanding of HDFS/Hadoop ecosystem
• Design Documentation Skills

You will sweep us off our feet if you have:

• Strong Experience with near real-time stream processing( Micro-services, Spark, Flink, Storm, and Kafka Connect ) at scale
• Proficiency with Java, Garbage Collection Systems, and Multi-threading
• Experience with Relational, Document, and Distributed Databases (Cassandra, MySQL, CosmosDB, Spanner, or Dynamo)
• Masters Degree in Computer Sci or related field
• Open source contribution

About Global Tech
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 virtual
Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We'll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Bachelor of Science and 6 years' experience in software engineering OR Master of Science and 3 years' experience in software engineering OR PhD.

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 6 years' experience in software engineering with strong Experience in Opensource Streaming Services.

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 5 years' experience in software engineering or related field OR 7 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 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field
Primary Location...
221 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030, United States of America