Staff, Software Engineer, iOS

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key member of the iOS Platform team which owns responsibility for engineering tools, processes, capabilities, and features that affect the entire Walmart App; a foundational component in the support of our 265 million customers which directly supports the development efforts of more than 50 feature teams, and multiple tenants.

About Our Team: 

Our team owns the eComm iOS Platform, which directly supports the development efforts of more than 50 feature teams, and multiple tenants.  It works on some of the most fundamental and far-reaching aspects of our iOS Applications, at the lowest levels, up through the highest.  We are involved in nearly all areas, including CI/CD, foundational components, core systems, code quality gating, process adherence, and more.

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What you’ll do: 

You will be designing and delivering readable, maintainable, testable, scalable, reusable, and efficient code. You’ll have an opportunity to work in an Agile team with Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to solve most exciting and challenging problems. Collaborate with Backend teams to design effective and understandable APIs. Follow established architecture patterns and suggest improvements. You’ll have opportunity to manage the complex challenges of micro service and scale which are unique to Walmart’s e-commerce, stores, and omni-channel platform, while using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complex triaging and analysis, and large-scale system design.

• Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Software Engineering and apply this to the development of action plans.

• Analyze business problems to design solutions and/or implements and test complex code changes for specific requirements or application.

• Deliver high quality code for the product requirements in an agile scrum sprint.

• Investigate and fix software defects.

• Assure app stability and code coverage by writing Unit and Functional tests.

• Collaborate with platform team members across Web, iOS and Android to align on solutions across platforms.

• Utilize industry open-source research, tools, and practices to improve Walmart technology environment.

• Design complex systems which are scalable and fault tolerant. You will reason about trade-offs (timeliness/accuracy/resource usage) of multiple algorithmic solutions and to highlight the difference in product outcomes.

• Implement application which meet throughput and SLAs requirements. Implement unit test cases, perform code reviews, and write feature documentation. Perform build, deployment, and continuous integration processes to move the code and configurations from local development environments to QA & Production environments.

• Perform code reviews of proposed source changes

What you’ll bring

• At least 6 years of professional experience in various elements of software development – native mobile, iOS and hands-on coding experience in the past

• Experience with a consumer facing app and ecommerce or retail shopping

• Previous knowledge of

1.Designing and developing advanced applications for the iOS platform

2. Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

• Work with outside data sources and APIs

• At least 6 years’ experience using Swift, building complex systems & supporting large applications

• Experience translating wireframes into pixel-perfect views

• Knowledgeable about animation and screen transitions

• Experience with iOS SDK, Services, and various methods of background processing

• Experience working with remote data via REST, JSON, Google Cloud Messaging, and the HTTP protocol

• Experience with iOS APIs, such as Maps, Location, and Push Notifications 

• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and writing readable, maintainable, performant object-oriented code

• Experience working with Coroutines, MVVM, MVVM Clean, View Models, Repository Design pattern, and other architectures

• Experience with Combine a plus

• Being a team player, critical thinker, and exhibiting problem-solving skills, great communicator, and presentation skills

• Self-motivated and ability to work with minimal supervision.

• Substantial experience with GitHub, Jira, Jenkins (or other similar CI systems), GraphQL

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

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.

Benefits and Perks

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great benefits include a 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, flexible working hours, and more.

We are reimagining the tech workplace by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We’ll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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 of all people.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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, 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...

840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America