Senior, Software Engineer - Backend

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high performant APIs and software services that extract information from large metrics and graph data stores to support data scientists in fraud and risk detection.
• Build and maintain backend services using Java, JavaScript, and Jetty for high volume data ingestion and processing.
• Design, build, and maintain datastores that support high availability and high performance.
• Store large amounts of data using database technologies such as MySQL and MongoDB, and develop tools for easy interaction with software platforms.
• Develop robust, maintainable, reusable code and software tools for managing configuration, deployment, monitoring, performance, scalability, availability, security, and alerting across testing, integration, and production environments.
• Provide 24/7 on-call support on a rotating basis for the Fraud Detection Software Platform.
• Engage in discussions to develop system design and architecture for new software products or improvements to existing ones.

Requirements

• Strong Java development experience.
• Experience with cloud application development including scalable, data-driven, and message-oriented architecture.
• Experience designing scalable microservices for production systems.
• Experience designing loosely coupled services using asynchronous message processing including Kafka.
• Experience working on cloud-scale relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging J2EE web-based enterprise applications.
• Experience with design patterns.
• Experience with version control systems including GIT.
• Bachelor'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, OR 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Minimum education and experience: Masters degree or equivalent with 2+ years, or Bachelors degree or equivalent with 5 years of experience.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area with 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.
• Background in creating inclusive digital experiences, knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and supporting an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience, OR 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: Master's degree in relevant field with 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.

Benefits & Perks

• Incentive awards for performance.
• 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, and multiple health plans.
• Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) covering tuition, books, and fees.
• Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock options.