Senior, Data Engineer - Backend - Data Ventures

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

At Walmart, we help people save money, so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for

every decision we make and drives us to create the future of retail. We can’t do that without the best talent –

talent that is innovative, curious, and driven to create exceptional experiences for our customers.

Do you have boundless energy and passion for engineering data used to solve dynamic problems that will

shape the future of retail? With the sheer scale of Walmart’s environment comes the biggest of big data sets.

As a Walmart Data Engineer, you will dig into our mammoth scale of data to help unleash the power of retail

data science by imagining, developing, and maintaining data pipelines that our Data Scientists and Analysts

can rely on. You will be responsible for contributing to an orchestration layer of complex data transformations,

refining raw data from source into targeted, valuable data assets for consumption in a governed way. You will

partner with Data Scientists, Analysts, other engineers and business stakeholders to solve complex and

exciting challenges so that we can build out capabilities that evolve the retail business model while making a

positive impact on our customers’ lives.

About Data Ventures:  

Data Ventures exists to unlock the full value of Walmart’s data by developing and productizing B2B data initiatives that empower merchants and suppliers to make better, faster decisions for the business.  As part of this transformation, we’re seeking entrepreneurial individuals to help drive data productization from concept to deployment.

You’ll make an impact by:

• Data Strategy: Understands, articulates, and applies principles of the defined strategy to routinebusiness problems that involve a single function.

• Data Transformation and Integration: Extracts data from identified databases. Creates datapipelines and transform data to a structure that is relevant to the problem by selecting appropriatetechniques. Develops knowledge of current analytics trends.

• Data Source Identification: Supports the understanding of the priority order of requirements andservice level agreements. Helps identify the most suitable source for data that is fit for purpose.

• Performs initial data quality checks on extracted data.

• Data Modeling: Analyses complex data elements, systems, data flows, dependencies, andrelationships to contribute to conceptual, physical, and logical data models.

• Develops the Logical Data Model and Physical Data Models including data warehouse and data mart designs.

• Defines relational tables, primary and foreign keys, and stored procedures to create a data modelstructure. Evaluates existing data models and physical databases for variances anddiscrepancies. Develops efficient data flows. Analyses data-related system integration challengesand proposes appropriate solutions.

• Code Development and Testing: Writes code to develop the required solution and applicationfeatures by determining the appropriate programming language and leveraging business,technical and data requirements. Creates test cases to review and validate the proposed solutiondesign. Creates proofs of concept. Tests the code using the appropriate testing approach. Deploys software to production servers. Contributes code documentation, maintains playbook,and provides timely progress updates.

• Problem Formulation: Translates business problems within one's discipline to data related ormathematical solutions. Identifies what methods (for example, analytics, big data analytics,automation) would provide a solution for the problem.

• Shares use cases and gives examples to demonstrate how the method would solve the business problem.

• Applied Business Acumen: Provides recommendations to business stakeholders to solvecomplex business issues. Develops business cases for projects with a projected return oninvestment or cost savings. Translates business requirements into projects, activities, and tasksand aligns to overall business strategy. Serves as an interpreter and conduit to connect businessneeds with tangible solutions and results. Recommends new processes and ways of working.

• Data Governance: Establishes, modifies, and documents data governance projects andrecommendations. Implements data governance practices in partnership with businessstakeholders and peers. Interprets company and regulatory policies on data. Educates others ondata governance processes, practices, policies, and guidelines. Provides recommendations onneeded updates or inputs into data governance policies, practices, or guidelines.

• Demonstrates up-to-date expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of action plans by providing expert advice and guidance to others. Supporting and aligning efforts to meet customer and business needs and building commitment for perspectivesand rationales.

• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships andpartnerships with key stakeholders. Identifying business needs, determining, and carrying outnecessary processes and practices.

• Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethicsand integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application, ensuringcompliance with them.

• Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans,programs, and initiatives. Applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness;and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

• Creates training documentation and trains end-users on data modeling. Oversees the tasks ofless experienced programmers and stipulates system troubleshooting supports.

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer andoperational needs. Developing and communicating business plans and priorities, removingbarriers and obstacles that impact performance. Providing resources, identifying performancestandards, measuring progress, and adjusting performance accordingly. Developing contingencyplans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.

You’ll sweep us off our feet if:

• You have consistently high standards, your passion for quality is inherent in everything

• Well versed with Hadoop, Spark, Cloud, Python/Scala and Java, Streaming, Kafka,Backend, J2EE.

• You evangelize an extremely high standard of code quality, system reliability, and performance

• You have a proven track record coding with at least one programming language (e.g., Scala,Python)

• You’re experienced in one of cloud computing platforms (e.g., GCP, Azure)

• You’re skilled in data modeling & data migration protocols

• Experience with GCP, Datawarehousing, BI preferred

• Experience with the integration tools like Automic, Airflow

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 .

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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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Sunnyvale, California US-04397:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00

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Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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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 and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 2: 5 years’ experience in

software engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science and 1 year’s experience in software engineering or related

field.

2 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, ETL tools and working with large data sets in the cloud, Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 3 years' experience in software engineering, 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...

2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR , United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.