STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position Summary... Lead the architecture and reliability of Walmart Schema Registry, the platform that stores, validates, and generates code from the Protocol Buffer schemas shared across Walmart. You will be a technical leader who shapes the platform's direction and raises the engineering bar for the team. Walmart Schema Registry (WSR) is where Walmart teams publish, version, and validate Protocol Buffer schema definitions. From those schemas, WSR generates Java, Go, and Rust bindings for consumers. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will set technical direction across the registry server, the codegen pipeline, and the GitHub-based schema workflow, and you will drive multi-quarter initiatives that impact many teams.

What you'll do... About the team Walmart's Global Tech Platforms (GTP) organization powers the tools, platforms, and services used by thousands of engineers across the company. The Walmart Schema Registry team builds the platform that keeps Walmart's data contracts consistent and safe to use. WSR runs on WCNP (Kubernetes on Azure AKS), stores metadata in Google Cloud Spanner, and integrates with GitHub Enterprise, PingFederate SSO, Artifactory, Concord, and LooperPro. Schemas are shared contracts across Walmart, so the work has wide impact. Your work will influence how software is delivered across Walmart and ultimately help millions of associates better serve hundreds of millions of customers worldwide.

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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 Bangalore 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

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 and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location... Building 10 (sez), Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India