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Working within the Walmart Business Tech team in Chennai, you will contribute to both the front-end (Next.js / React.js) and back-end (Java / Spring Boot) layers of critical platforms, collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams across the globe to deliver high-quality, scalable software.What you'll do...\nAbout Team\nThis is the team which builds reusable technologies that aid in acquiring customers, onboarding and empowering merchants besides ensuring a seamless experience for both these stakeholders. They also optimize tariffs and assortment, adhering to the Walmart philosophy - Everyday Low Cost. In addition to ushering in affordability, they also create personalized experiences for customers the omnichannel way, across all channels - in-store, on the mobile app and websites. Our team is responsible for design, development, and operations of large-scale consumer facing applications. We focus on real-time transactions, user experience flows, streaming analytics across web and native apps. We interact with multiple teams across the company to provide scalable robust technical solutions.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and develop full-stack features across front-end (Next.js, React.js, TypeScript) and back-end (Java, Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux) layers, ensuring performance, scalability, and maintainability.\nBuild and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven services using Kafka, integrating with downstream microservices, SQL/NoSQL databases, and third-party platforms.\nImplement responsive, accessible UI components following design system standards, translating designs into production-ready interfaces with JavaScript and TypeScript.\nWrite clean, well-tested code with unit, integration, and E2E test coverage; participate in peer code reviews to uphold engineering standards.\nCollaborate with product managers, UX designers, and QE engineers in Agile/Scrum ceremonies to deliver features iteratively.\nBuild, test, and deploy services via CI/CD pipelines on GCP and Azure cloud infrastructure.\nWork with SQL and NoSQL databases for data modeling, query optimization, and application integration.\nDeploy and operate containerized workloads using Kubernetes on GCP / Azure.\nDebug and resolve production issues; participate in on-call rotations and contribute to post-incident RCAs.\nProactively identify technical debt and drive improvements in system reliability and developer experience.\nContribute to platform modernization, API-first initiatives, and migration of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures.\nLeverage AI-powered developer tooling - code generation, automated testing, and intelligent code review assistants - to accelerate delivery.\nCollaborate with ML and data teams to integrate AI/ML-driven features (personalization, recommendations, intelligent search) into production applications.\nEvaluate and adopt emerging AI/LLM capabilities to improve user experience and platform efficiency.\nWhat You'll Bring\n3-6 years of hands-on software engineering experience in full-stack development.\nStrong proficiency in Next.js and React.js - SSR, SSG, App Router, state management (Redux/Zustand/Context), and performance optimization.\nSolid JavaScript and TypeScript skills - typing patterns, generics, async/await, and module systems.\nSolid back-end engineering in Java with Spring Boot and Spring WebFlux - REST API design, reactive patterns, dependency injection, and microservices.\nExperience building and consuming event-driven systems using Kafka or equivalent messaging platforms.\nWorking knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.\nHands-on experience deploying containerized services with Kubernetes on GCP or Azure.\nUnderstanding of CI/CD concepts and tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent).\nStrong problem-solving skills and attention to code quality - TDD, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.\nFamiliarity with AI/ML integration patterns and hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools in day-to-day engineering.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building eCommerce or retail platforms at scale - product catalog, cart, checkout, health/wellness, or optical verticals.\nExposure to micro-frontend architecture and module federation in large-scale Next.js applications.\nFamiliarity with observability tooling - distributed tracing, logging (Splunk/ELK), and metrics (Prometheus/Grafana).\nHands-on experience integrating AI/ML-powered features - recommendation engines, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI), or GenAI-assisted UX.\nContributions to open-source projects or internal engineering libraries.\nExperience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical design discussions.\nCloud certification (GCP Associate / Azure Developer).\nAbout Walmart Global Tech\nImagine 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.\nWe 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.\nWalmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.\nBenefits\nBeyond 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.\nBelonging\nWe aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.\nAt Walmart, our vision is \"everyone included.\" by fostering a workplace culture where everyone is-and feels-included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.\nEqual opportunity employer\nWalmart, inc., is an equal opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people\nMinimum Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.\nOption 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 2 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.\nPreferred Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.\nMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, 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. 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