Software Engineer III

Position Summary... What youll do...

• Deliver platform features end-to-end: Participate in discovery for small to medium initiatives; translate requirements and user stories into technical designs; implement services, pipelines, and APIs; write tests; and ship via CI/CD.
• Build data-intensive services: Develop reliable, scalable batch and streaming data pipelines (eg, Spark/Flink, Airflow/NiFi), data services, and microservices in Java/Scala/Python.
• Apply strong data engineering and software engineering practices: Schema design, data modeling, SQL NoSQL, API contracts, code quality, performance tuning, and observability.
• Modernize Finance Data Factory: Help consolidate point solutions into a cohesive platform; implement data quality checks, metadata/lineage, and automation to improve reliability and developer experience.
• Own quality and reliability: Write unit, integration, and contract tests; implement telemetry (metrics, logs, traces); participate in on-call/production support rotations; drive RCA and preventive actions.
• Contribute to architecture standards: Align implementations to reference architectures and patterns; document designs; participate in design and code reviews.
• Partner across functions: Work with product, business, and other engineering teams to clarify requirements, align on outcomes/timelines, and ensure smooth handoffs.
• Mentor and uplift the team: Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and peers through pairing, reviews, and examples.

• Hands-on expertise in one or more of: Java/Scala/Python, and distributed data frameworks (Spark, Flink), with solid CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and networking).
• Experience with data platforms: SQL and NoSQL databases (eg, BigQuery, Postgres, Cassandra, Cosmos), data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Event streaming: Practical experience with Kafka (or Pub/Sub equivalents), stream processing, and exactly-once/at-least-once semantics.
• Cloud DevOps: Experience with a major public cloud (GCP/Azure/AWS) and CI/CD pipelines (eg, Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Argo), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (eg, Terraform nice to have).
• Testing quality: Proficiency in unit/integration testing, contract testing, and data quality frameworks (eg, Great Expectations/DQ nice to have).
• Observability operations: Familiarity with application and data pipeline monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics (eg, Grafana/Prometheus/Splunk); willingness to participate in on-call.
• Security compliance mindset: Understanding of data security, privacy, and relevant standards (eg, PCI, PII governance); ability to apply them during design and development.
• Collaboration communication: Ability to work across product/engineering/business stakeholders; clear written/verbal communication, design documentation, and PR review skills.
• Growth mindset: Curiosity, ownership, and a bias for automation and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications... Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 2 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 4 years experience in software engineering or related area. Preferred Qualifications... Master s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related area, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location... Block- 1, Prestige Tech Pacific Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India