PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Golang)

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Bangalore, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Logistics • Machine Learning • Retail
The Role
The Principal Software Engineer will drive the execution of multiple business projects, focusing on developing backend systems in Golang. Responsibilities include designing high-performance software, optimizing traffic routing, and leading project design phases while supporting operational efficiency. The role involves collaboration with Go developers to enhance performance and may include building monitoring tools and community outreach.
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Position Summary...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.

What you'll do...

About Team: Traffic Foundation

Job Description Summary:  

Are you a Go (Golang to Google) developer? Do you have experience building backend, network related Golang applications? We've got a great position for you here at @Walmart on our Traffic Platforms Team. This position will help us create the backbone of the Torbit services, primarily focused on traffic routing, caching, and automated frontend optimization. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting the operation of our products and improving frontend performance. You will work with other Go developers and performance engineers to solve performance bottlenecks and related issues.

What you'll do:

  • We have a strong commitment to moving fast and solving real problems. We are providing critical infrastructure and need to be a part of the business that "just works". It will be your responsibility to meet this commitment, both individually and as a member of the team. If you've dealt with large, scalable systems in the past, that would be great. A passion for performance and basic Bash and operations skills are also a plus, but not required. Come help us make Walmart.com faster!

    You will be responsible to do the following:

  • Design, prototype, and develop high-performance software for our http proxy rewriting system

  • Discover and implement new performance optimizations for the site and traffic routing

  • Build internal tools to monitor, manage, and automate existing systems

  • Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design

  • Develop and leverage internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals

What you'll bring:  

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of experience in building scalable backend systems and/or performance related experience

  • 10+ years of Programming experience in Go/C/C++/Java/Perl/Python Strong background in process design for reliable systems; strong "big picture" awareness of systems Good generalist experience, with ability and willingness to read and write into all layers of a software stack

  • Experience working with operations or with deployment, monitoring, and other sustainable operations of software a plus

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.

Flexible, hybrid work 
We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits 
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

 
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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 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 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Primary Location...4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India

Top Skills

Go
The Company
HQ: Bentonville, AR
578,950 Employees
Hybrid Workplace

What We Do

Walmart has a long history of transforming retail and using technology to deliver innovations that improve how the world shops and empower our 2.2 million associates. It began with Sam Walton and continues today with Global Tech associates working together to power Walmart and lead the next retail disruption. We’re a high-performing, primarily virtual workforce that is human-led and tech-empowered. Our world-class software engineers, data scientists and engineers, cybersecurity professionals, product managers and business service professionals work with top talent on cutting-edge technologies that create unique and innovative experiences for our associates, customers and members across Walmart, Sam’s Club and Walmart International. At Walmart Global Tech, one line of code or bold idea can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people – talk about epic impact at a global scale.

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