Distinguished, Architect

About the role

Walmart Data Ventures operates with the agility of a nimble startup, dedicated to creating the best-in-class suite of Data Products. Walmart Luminate is the first product, which has been created to deliver actionable, customer-centric insights, empowering CPGs and Walmart merchants to make data-driven decisions in a smarter, faster, and collaborative manner.

What you'll do:

• Create and maintain the product technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.
• Design and oversee the development of scalable and fault-tolerant distributed systems that can handle high volumes of data and traffic with strong focus on Quality Attributes (e.g., performance, security, scalability, reliability etc.) and building sustainable products.
• Design data processing pipelines and frameworks to efficiently ingest, transform, and analyze large datasets from diverse sources.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms, including databases, caching, and data warehousing solutions.
• Work with teams to execute on a data mesh strategy, including the development and rollout of tooling and processes to support data contracts.
• Establish and maintain the product architecture capability map.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Design, Various Data Provider teams, business stakeholders, and external stakeholders.
• Do proof-of-concepts and provide strategic & technical recommendations in various products areas.
• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders on specific product areas.
• Collaborate with product and business leaders throughout the company to ensure that technology initiatives align with business needs.
• Document architectural decisions, design patterns, data engineering and service design standards, policies, and best practices to facilitate knowledge sharing across the broader organization.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in software architecture and engineering leadership, with a focus on commerce, retail tech, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands on and architecture expertise across data engineering (e.g., ETL/ELT, data modeling), data governance (e.g., data modeling, data classification, data catalog and lineage), batch and real-time streaming data platforms (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, dbt, Airflow), and cloud services (e.g., GCS, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Databricks).
• A thorough understanding of Domain-driven Design (DDD) and extensive experience in applying the DDD patterns in Software Development.
• A thorough understanding of Microservice, Data Mesh Architecture, and Cloud Native Architecture.
• A firm grasp of System Design and building Highly Reliable systems with string focus on Operational Excellence.
• A track record of building highly scalable Application and Data platforms with strong developer focus.
• Extensive hands-on experience in Contract First/Design First Software Development for Microservices and Data Products, and CI/CD using the Service & Data Contracts.
• PREFERRED - Expertise in Web Services (REST), API Design, ORM, Spring MVC, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing Platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and Containerization Technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• PREFERRED – Understanding of AI/ML techniques and patterns.
• Extensive experience in the design, development, and delivery of software products with a large user base.
• A clear vision for architecture design and great communication skills to articulate that to all levels of stakeholders.
• A strong business acumen to be able to bridge technical and business priorities.
• A track record of collaboration and influence – recognized as a great partner for the business and technology teams.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Stock purchase plan
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• Multiple health plans
• Flexible working hours
• Company-paid life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Flexible working hours
• Virtual work