Position Summary...What you'll do...
About Team
Enterprise Business Services is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, Associate Digital Experience. Our team is responsible for design, development, and operations of large-scale data systems operating at petabytes scale. We focus on creating pipelines, curating and aggregating huge data, distributed spark infrastructure. We interact with multiple teams across the company to provide scalable robust technical solutions.This role will focus on Data engineering and ETL development. A majority of the transformation logic will be in Databricks. A strong understanding of creating workflow is needed. This role will assist in ETL design leveraging standard Data Warehousing techniques and functional programming techniques.Walmart’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of several exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart. As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes the books, physical and legal risk is avoided, and when we pay our associates consistently and accurately, that is EBS. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.
What You Will Do
Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others in the application of information and best practices; supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs; and building commitment for perspectives and rationales. Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities. Models compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans; using the Open Door Policy; and demonstrating and assisting others with how to apply these in executing business processes and practices.Design, build, test and deploy cutting edge solutions at scale, impacting millions of customers worldwide drive value from data at Walmart Scale Develop high performance and scalable solutions that extract, transform, and load Spark/big data. Experience performing root cause analysis on data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement. Experience building and optimizing ‘spark/big data’ data pipelines, architectures and data sets involving petabyte and terabyte of data. Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to leverage expertise and contribute to the tech community. Engage with Product Management and Business to drive the agenda, set your priorities and deliver awesome product features to keep platform ahead of market scenarios. Closely interact with Data Engineers from within Walmart to identify right open-source tools to deliver product features by performing research, POC/Pilot. Engage with Product Management and Business to support and build data solutions and develop expertise w.r.t data thereby being known as the true data analyst. You also get to collaborate with team members to develop best practices and client requirements for the software. You will show your skills in analysing and testing programs/products before formal launch to ensure flawless performance. Software security is of prime importance and by developing programs that monitor sharing of private information, you will be able to add tremendous credibility to your work. You will also be required to seek ways to improve the software and its effectiveness. You will be called upon to support the coaching and training of other team members to ensure all employees are confident in the use of software applications.
What You Will Bring
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
- 6-10 years of hands-on object-oriented programming experience in Python/Scala.
- 6+ years of hands-on in Database Fundamentals, SQL, PLSQL, Store Procedures.
- 6+ years of experience in designing and developing large-scale, fault-tolerant, highly scalable data pipelines using big data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Cassandra, Hadoop, Hive, Presto, Airflow).
- Strong understanding & experience in system design, algorithms, distributed systems, and high-scale data processing.
- Deep understanding of ETL, Data Modeling & Data Warehousing concepts.
- Strong programming expertise to understand requirements, design high-level & low-level solutions (HLD/LLD), and implement design patterns with S.O.L.I.D principles.
- Experience in end-to-end product development, emphasizing configuration-driven, behavior-driven, and test-driven development (including unit test cases and DevOps best practices).
- Designing systems that gracefully handle failures, high concurrency, data inconsistencies, and edge cases.
- Ensuring zero data loss and 100% accuracy in data pipelines, even under high-volume traffic.
- Implementing and tuning systems that process petabytes of data with sub-second latency.
- Implementing fine-grained access controls, encryption, and data masking techniques.
- Implementing real-time monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting to ensure high availability and proactive issue resolution.
- Writing robust integration, regression, and performance test cases to detect defects early.
- Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD to streamline release management.
- Ability to prioritize and make trade-offs between performance, cost, and reliability.
- Expertise in failure analysis, RCA (Root Cause Analysis), and rollback strategies.
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience in building large-scale distributed systems, ensuring scalability and fault tolerance.
- Strong exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, OpenStack, etc.).
- Experience working with metadata-driven development approaches.
- Passion for automation, optimization, and improving system efficiency.
- Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts effectively.
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.Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.
Benefits
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
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, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 1 year’s experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects, 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.Information Technology - CISCO Certification - Certification
Primary Location...
TOWER 1, PART OF 1ST,2ND TO 4TH FLRS, SY NO. 141/14A, 200FT(RADIAL ROAD),ZAMIN PALLAVARAM, INTL TECH PARK, , India R-2372655
