(IND) SENIOR, SOFTWARE ENGINEER (UI)

Position Summary...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.

What you'll do...

Career Level: IN 4 (Senior Software Engineer)

Location: Bangalore

About Global Tech.

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.3 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service, or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption.

About You:

You love code. You love to take raw ideas and build great products with React, NodeJS, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. You know TypeScript and JavaScript are imperfect, but you embrace their functional side and genuinely enjoy coding with it. You might like to talk about obscure computer science topics, but really, you just want to write simple code and ship new products and features to customers (or improve existing ones). You love great UX. You spend most of your time coding, but you also have an eye for great design and a feel for great UX. 

Position Responsibilities:

As a software engineer (Frontend) you will develop feature sets that involve Responsive UIs with Restful Services and ensure a seamless product experience:

• Excellent proficiency in front-end technologies Excellent proficiency in front-end technologies (React/NodeJS/TypeScript/JavaScript/HTML/CSS/React Native and related frameworks).

• Software development by providing engineering patterns to deliver the optimal product, including implementing design patterns. Work closely with peers and senior engineers/architects.

• Partner with UX, product owners and business SMEs to analyses the business need and provide a supportable and sustainable engineered solution. Ensure that the overall technical solution is aligned with the business needs.

• Drive the creation and modifications of the product portfolio components, identify, and engage all technical resources necessary to contribute to the solution ensure the solution is consistent with Walmart architecture, design and development standards.

• Build reusable React components with Typescript & modular CSS, manage data on the client with Redux, and test everything with Jest.

• Measure and resolve performance bottlenecks, using tools like Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, Webpage test, or custom tooling.

• Implement Graph and chart-based UI applications and work with complex/varied data structures.

• Experiment: This is a startup-like environment so everything can change as we experiment with new ideas.

• Hack, extend and improve open-source tools/framework.

• Develop applications using industry best practices. Adjust adopt new methodologies that provide the business with increased flexibility and agility.

• Stay current with latest development tools, technology ideas, patterns and methodologies, share knowledge by clearly articulating results and ideas to key stakeholders.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline.

• Minimum 6 years of experience in React development.

• Extensive experience building web applications using MVC frameworks (ReactJS, NodeJS) for REST like applications.

• Excellent debugging and problem-solving capability.

• Proven ability to lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

• Well versed in a variety of design patterns

• Experience with frontend toolings like webpack, babel, etc

• Understanding of frontend security and performance

• Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members

• Serves as subject matter expert (SME) on one or more major modules

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience in software development using modern languages (with NodeJS, Angular, React, etc) and CSS/HTML

• Thorough understanding of Node.JS and its core principles.

• Experience in Responsive UIs is a plus.

• Own code quality and experience in writing extensive unit tests.

• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools.

• Experience with UI performance, logging & monitoring tools like quantum metrics, Splunk etc.

• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs.

• Awareness of cloud platforms like GCP

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, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 3years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC, 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

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