Principal, Software Engineer - Android

About the role

Walmart Global Tech is looking to hire a Principal, Software Engineer (Android) for their Marketplace Engineering team in Sunnyvale, California.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement sophisticated features in Walmart Android applications.
• Work closely with product and design teams to optimize the experience for Android platform.
• Analyze and optimize Android applications.
• Experiment with new technologies and features and build quick prototypes.
• Participate in managing code & configurations for multiple environments, release management process, creating and maintaining environment configuration and controls, code integrity and work closely with platform team.
• Analyzing business requirements, story-boards and similar artifacts of the scrum process, work in an agile development environment with a quick turnaround time and iterative builds.
• Leads the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high level design.
• Leads the work of other small groups of three to five engineers.
• Troubleshoots business and production issues.
• Ensures inclusion of business vision and industry trends to enable results that drive business.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting design and development issues and provide appropriate solutions.
• Able to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to the junior engineers.
• Enforce quality code and follow SOLID principles.
• Knowledge of standard tools for optimizing and testing code.
• A desire to work in a fast-paced and challenging work environment.
• Utilizes industry research to improve Walmart's technology environment.

Requirements

• 14+ years of experience in object-oriented design and software development.
• 14+ years’ experience with Pure native development.
• 6+ years’ experience on Kotlin for Android developer.
• 3+ years’ experience on WebView or Hybrid Mobile application development.
• Understanding of MVVM and clean architecture.
• Shipped one or more Android applications which are still available in the Playstore.
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills.
• Technical lead for team.
• Familiarity and comfort with compilers, linkers, build systems, and project configuration.

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

• Knowledge of standard tools for optimizing and testing code.
• A desire to work in a fast-paced and challenging work environment.
• Utilizes industry research to improve Walmart's technology environment.

Benefits

• Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance.
• Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 in Sunnyvale, California US-11656 and $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 in Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the role and the team.