Position: Software Engineer III

Job Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712

Duties: Assists in providing guidance to small groups of two to three engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by proving pertinent documents, directions, examples, and timeline. Provides support to the business by responding to user questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies); researching and identifying needed solutions; determining implementation designs; providing guidance regarding implications of new and enhanced systems; identifying short- and long-term solutions; and directing users to appropriate contacts for issues outside of associate's domain. Manages small to large-sized complex projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; researching and identifying alternative solutions; determining needed solution based on return on investment and value add to the business; gathering requested (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with project team and cross functional teams; identifying areas of opportunity; interpreting information and identifying a solution; ensuring solution is sustainable across implementation and use; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; and ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Troubleshoots business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); performing root cause analysis to reduce future issues; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; developing solutions; driving the development of an action plan; performing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; and completing online documentation. Participates in the discovery phase of small to medium-sized projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, business, and user experience teams.

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field. Position does not require specific years of experience but requires listed skills.

Skills required: Experience with: Understanding existing data models and writing query using SQL;  Playing active role in production deployment, post validation and support by creating documents, test pre and post deployment script as needed using shell scripting or Java; Coding in object-oriented programming language Java; Working as part of scrum team in two-week sprints providing updates on user stories, delivering on committed deliverables on committed timeline, working iteratively on back logs and additional requirements; Working with product team to gather requirements, understanding end customer needs, creating technical documents, and tracking progress iteratively using JIRA and Confluence; Designing and implementing solutions and features with client-server architecture modules using Java and SQL in a Java and J2EE based web application; Developing E2E modules on applications using Java and J2EE technology and SQL for backend; Understanding existing applications E2E flow, use cases and identifying areas of improvement for optimization, streamlining and refactoring;  Reviewing code, tests in Java as part of submissions for functionality, code coverage, software engineering and testing standards using JUnit and JaCoCo and Easy mock; Developing and peer reviewing code using GitHub for version control; Writing algorithms and developing code using Data structures including Array, Maps, Lists, and Set using Java; Monitoring, troubleshooting and addressing issues and abnormalities in production, identifying impact, providing root cause analysis and long-term and short-term. Employer will accept any amount of graduate coursework, graduate research experience or professional experience with the required skills.

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.