Software Engineer III (backend)

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As a Software Engineer III at Walmart Global Tech, you'll play a pivotal role in designing and building robust backend systems that power seamless digital experiences for millions of customers. You will work across multiple domains, contributing to the development of scalable services that are critical to Walmart’s digital platforms.

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 experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailers 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 on a scale that impacts millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Focusing on customer, associate and business needs, this team works with Walmart International, which includes more than 5,200 retail units, operating in 23 countries such as Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Mexico and South Africa to name a few.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs to support Walmart’s digital experiences.
• Collaborate with product managers, front‑end engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful features and solutions.
• Build scalable and reliable systems that handle large volumes of traffic and data.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while following engineering best practices.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues in distributed systems across environments.
• Contribute to performance optimization, security improvements, and system resilience.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

• 2 years of experience in Java technologies, Distributed systems and large‑scale application development and design.
• Hands on experience Spring Boot, REST, Kafka, Cassandra, React
• Experience with a containerization technology and Microservices
• Well versed in CI/CD and exposure to DevOps practices, and monitoring tools.
• Strong adherence to SLDC process and Scrum/agile methodologies
• Work with Java, Multithreading, Data Structures, Algorithm, Design Patterns and develop robust high‑performance and scalable applications.

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 the location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

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.