Senior Software Engineer

Position: Senior Software Engineer 

Job Location: 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716 

Duties: Requirement and Scoping Analysis: Explores relevant products/solutions from an existing repertoire, that can address business/technical needs. Assesses gaps/ updates/ modifications between the customer/business expectations and the existing product/solutions (in case of agile methodology, for the iteration). Classifies the requirements into applicable types (For example - Functional/Non-Functional, Derived/Imposed/Emergent etc.). Anticipates the solution risks / issues during requirements gathering phase, inform relevant stakeholders and recommend corrective steps. Contributes to the creation of user stories for component/application/complex (For agile methodology). Solution Design: Assists in design of solutions such that the processes / applications work in tandem for specific components/modules of a product. Evaluates trade-offs while designing a component based on the business requirements. Assists in conversion of HLD (High Level Design) to create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for specific modules / components of a product. Coding: Creates/configures minimalistic code for entire component/application and ensure the components are meeting business/technical requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability and high-scalability needs. Assists in the selection of appropriate languages (E.g. JavaScript, Python, C# etc.), development standards and tools for software coding/configuration. Take initiative to learn the fundamentals of different coding languages and frameworks that would be useful for future scope of work. Build scripts for automation of repetitive and routine tasks in CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery), Testing or any other process (as applicable). Implement telemetry features as required independently. Ensures security policy requirements are properly applied to components/application during code development/configuration. Testing: Maps the customer requirements in to test objectives. Identify and create test cases for the component/module. Executes test cases to test the code and detect errors and defects for the entire component. Executes different types of testing using appropriate testing tools based on the testing needs. Defect Management and Troubleshooting: Tracks and analyzes defects for the component/ module and carry out regression testing to fix defects in all instances of code changes. Analyze defects from past projects/solutions to avoid recurrence of similar defects. Troubleshoots performance and availability bottlenecks for the application. DevOps Orientation: Conducts complex maintenance procedures for applications independently. Monitors and evaluates the performance of the application by tracking and analyzing appropriate metrics; Performs maintenance (corrective, adaptive, perfective) and re-engineering activities. Analyzes application logs, maintenance activity data, performance data and provide analysis; Evaluates change requests to identify those which are valid and feasible. Program Monitoring: Ensures adherence to the project against approved milestones and timelines. 

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field plus 1 year of experience in software engineering or related experience; OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related experience. 

Skills Required: Must have experience with: Utilizing Java programming and Spring Boot for developing and maintaining RESTful APIs, including end-to-end API design and implementation; Writing unit tests using JUnit; UI automation using frameworks such as Cypress, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, and TestNG; Rest Assured for API testing and JMeter for performance testing; MySQL for relational database operations; Using Azure Data Studio for managing SQL Server and Azure-based databases; Using Jira and Confluence Atlassian tools; Performance tests using JMeter; CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.         

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.