Position: Software Engineer III
Job Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716
Duties: Assists in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short and long term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams.
Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Position does not require specific years of experience but requires listed skills.
Skills Required: Must have experience with: developing software components using object-oriented design and software using Java 8 or higher; developing software applications using Spring and Spring Boot; creating and using queries to retrieve data related to promotions and inventory items using SQL and Cassandra (SQL and NoSQL); creating and consuming RESTful web services using Java and Spring Frameworks; loading data in real-time to NoSQL databases using messaging frameworks like Kafka, JMS, and event-driven architecture (EDA); performing Unit Testing of applications using JUnit and TestNG; using Multithreading APIs (CompletableFuture) to reduce system resource usage and improve application performance; creating metrics for dashboards and applications using Splunk, Dynatrace and Grafana; monitoring critical flows like app health, response times, and OPM metrics in production environment; creating Jenkins build pipelines and integrating them with automation tests as part of the build process; deploying and testing applications using Docker and managing containers for applications automatically; creating dashboards using Kubernetes. Employer will accept any experience with the required skills.
Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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