(Ind) Staff, Software Engineer

Overview

Staff Software Engineer on Walmart Global Tech's international Order Management System (OMS) and Fulfillment Management System (FMS) platforms, serving multiple markets, with technical leadership of core order life cycle domains.

What you'll do

• Design and build highly scalable, resilient backend services for OMS and FMS serving multiple international markets (MX, CA, and beyond).
• Architect and implement multi-tenant / multi-market solutions that support locale-specific business rules, tax regulations, fulfillment models, and delivery SLAs across geographies.
• Lead the technical design of core order life cycle domains: order capture, orchestration, inventory reservation, fulfillment routing, shipping, and post-order flows (returns, cancellations, modifications).
• Build event-driven, microservices-based architectures using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and NoSQL databases to ensure high throughput and low latency at scale.
• Drive platform convergence efforts, unifying order and fulfillment platforms across markets to reduce duplication and accelerate speed-to-market for new geographies.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to enable AI/ML-driven capabilities such as intelligent order routing, demand forecasting integration, and anomaly detection in fulfillment pipelines.
• Champion engineering excellence: code quality, observability, testing strategies, CI/CD best practices, and production readiness.
• Mentor and grow engineers on the team through design reviews, pair programming, and technical leadership.
• Contribute to incident response and operational excellence for Tier-0/1 systems critical to Walmart International's ecommerce operations.

What you'll need

• 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.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot ecosystem: Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, Spring Security.
• Strong experience with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Cosmos DB, MongoDB, or similar) and understanding of data modeling trade-offs for high-scale systems.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, message queues, and asynchronous processing patterns (CQRS, Event Sourcing).
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale: microservices, API gateways, service mesh, container orchestration (Kubernetes/WCNP).
• Familiarity with relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and caching layers (Redis, Memcached).
• Experience supporting multi-market / multi-tenant platforms with locale-aware business logic, internationalization (i18n), and cross-border considerations.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native development on Azure or GCP: managed services, infrastructure as code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AI/ML literacy and applications: understanding of how machine learning models are integrated into production systems, leveraging GenAI/LLM tools for developer productivity (e.g., code generation, automated testing, intelligent debugging), and staying current with AI-driven engineering practices.
• Exposure to observability stacks: Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, distributed tracing (Jaeger/Zipkin).
• Experience with feature flagging, A/B testing, and progressive rollout strategies for multi-market deployments.
• Proficiency in system design, domain-driven design (DDD), and API design (REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
• Track record of leading technical initiatives, driving architecture decisions, and influencing without authority across teams.

Nice to have

• 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.
• Prior experience in Order Management, Fulfillment, Supply Chain, or eCommerce domain systems.
• Familiarity with OMS platforms (Sterling, custom-built) and fulfillment orchestration patterns.
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical community leadership.

Details

• Location: Bangalore office for daily work, with flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.