Distinguished, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

Walmart is a multi-national people led tech powered omnichannel retailer with over 2.2M associates.

Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Distinguished Software Engineer at IDC. As a Distinguished Software Engineer specializing in GenAI and Agentic AI, you will lead the development and deployment of AI/ML driven products; work with a team of Data scientists and engineers and collaborate with product leaders to drive innovation. Your role will also involve overseeing project lifecycles, ensuring compliance with standards, and enhancing Walmart's reputation through research and partnerships.

What you'll do...

About Team:

The Enterprise Business Services supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology, Finance and Risk Technologies across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes technology solutions for Transaction & Risk Technology, Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What you will do:

As a Distinguished Software Engineer, your role will be pivotal in:

• Leading the formulation of strategies and roadmaps for the design, development, and deployment of AI/ML, and GenAI models, ensuring their seamless transition into production environments and guaranteeing their reliability and scalability.
• working with a team of Data scientists and engineers in solving intricate AI/ML challenges through research and development, pushing the limits of innovation and making groundbreaking contributions to the field.
• Upholding and enforcing rigorous standards, governance, and best practices, ensuring strict compliance with model and data governance standards.
• Adhering strictly to Walmart’s policies, procedures, mission, values, standards of ethics, and integrity.
• Designing end-to-end system architecture for GenAI/A Iand data-intensive applications.
• Developing and deploying robust, production-grade real-time/batch machine learning services.
• Collaborating with product managers to design user journeys, feedback loops and analyze user telemetry, thus creating seamless user experiences.
• Developing quick MVPs/POCs to enable stakeholders to make data-driven decisions.
• System Design and Scalability: Architect complex software systems, ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.
• Technical Guidance and Mentoring: Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Code Review and Standards: Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices through thorough code reviews.
• Innovation and Research: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.
• Project Management and Delivery: Collaborate with project managers to define project scopes, milestones, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with architectural goals.
• Collaborative Communication: Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, promoting a culture of open communication and collaboration.
  
  

What you'll bring:

Some of the skills needed for this role are but not limited to - includes a mix of Engineering, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence:

GenAI: understanding of use cases in implementing AI models and algorithms. Strong Knowledge of Python, including libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn. Experience with big data processing frameworks like Apache Spark. Knowledge of Scala for data processing and analysis. Ability to design and implement efficient algorithms for data processing and analysis. Experience designing and operating Microservices at scale and in data platforms and analytics Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment. Strong Understanding of distributed technologies, public cloud technologies, scalable platforms, full stack development, and Operational Excellence. Experience working with geographically distributed teams. Business acumen; combining technical vision with business insights.

About 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.

Ways of Working

Flexible, hybrid work

We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our 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.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 8 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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...

Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India R-2161307