About the position
We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Principal Architect to lead the design and implementation of our enterprise systems and technology solutions. Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.
Responsibilities
- 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 products
- Work closely with Distinguished Architects and cross-functional teams and follow established practices for the delivery of solutions meeting QCD (Quality, Cost, and Delivery) within the established architectural guidelines
- Participate in hiring and building teams enabling them to be high-performing agile teams
- Work with engineering teams to create high-level and low-level designs and drive design
- Come up with quality, best practices, and other Non-functional standards and guide the teams to execute them along with helping them with overall technical and design aspects
- Help implement cutting-edge models and algorithms that operate on massive amounts of data and interact with Walmart cross-functional engineering teams as cloud, platform, analytics, etc.
Requirements
- B. Tech. / B. E. / M. Tech. / M. S. in Computer Science or relevant discipline
- 15+ years of experience in the design and development of highly scalable distributed applications and platforms - particularly for multi-tenant, SaaS products
- Programming language Java, Kotlin, Scala
- Experience building a 'Code, Deploy, Run' pipeline using DevOps best practices by leveraging the best available CI/CD tools
- Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Own Tech Debt/Tech Modernization - Ability to balance the long-term 'big picture' and short-term implications of design decisions
- Proficiency in Java/J2EE, Microservices, and Cloud Native Architecture
- Hands-on experience in Microservices, and RESTful web services development in Java SpringBoot, Spring Kafka or equivalent framework
- Good knowledge of messaging systems: Kafka / RabbitMQ
- In-depth knowledge of Cloud Native Architecture, Microservice Architecture, and related stacks (Service Registry, ELK / Splunk, service registry, VMs, etc.) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Knowledge of at least one of Azure/Google Cloud Platforms
- Self-starter with the ability to multitask across several priority areas in the face of fuzzy situations
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for the development and design of at least one cloud-based project
- Strong hands-on development skills to prototype technical solutions
- Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly
- Proficient in new and emerging technologies
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control
- Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns, and configuration tools for faster development
- Practitioner of Agile (Scrum) methodology
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- Certified Scrum Master preferred
- Experience driving DevOps or Platform initiatives is preferred
- Strong business acumen supporting business operations in technology companies and/or retail
- eCommerce and retail experience strongly preferred
- Strong solution analysis experience in a global environment with distributed teams
- Knowledge of CI/CD, Test driven development
- Knowledge of mobile apps development and front end web technologies
- Former software development experience a huge plus
Benefits
- 401(k) match
- Stock purchase plan
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Multiple health plans
- Incentive awards for performance
