Position SummaryWhat you'll doAbout Walmart: At Walmart, our mission is to help people save money so they can live better. This core belief drives our decisions and shapes the future of retail. We aim to attract innovative, curious, and driven talent to create exceptional experiences for our customers.Role Overview: Do you have a passion for engineering data to solve dynamic problems in retail? As a Data Engineer in Catalog, you will leverage Walmart's vast data sets to empower data science initiatives. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining data pipelines that enable our Data Scientists and Analysts to extract valuable insights. This role requires collaboration with various teams to address complex challenges and drive impactful solutions for our customers and sellers.About the Data and Customer Analytics (DCA) Organization: The DCA team focuses on managing world-class data assets, ensuring compliance with data standards, and developing robust data pipelines and self-service tools to drive business growth and new opportunities.What You'll Do:
Utilize cutting-edge data engineering techniques to create and maintain critical datasets.
Contribute to complex data transformation orchestration, refining raw data into valuable, governed data assets.
Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analysts, and business stakeholders to solve exciting challenges and evolve the marketplace business model.
Lead projects by gathering requirements, developing code, conducting unit testing, and ensuring timely delivery.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior data engineers.
Design and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant data systems/pipelines for large data volumes.
Implement data quality checks and validation processes to ensure high data accuracy.
Analyze and identify solutions for business problems through analytics and big data technologies.
Build expertise to support the data needs of product teams, analytics, and data scientists.
What You'll Bring:
Bachelor's/master's degree in computer science or related field.
7+ years of experience in big data technologies and data pipeline development.
Proficiency in managing large datasets (terabytes).
Expertise in big data technologies (Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Hive) on cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
Experience with workflow orchestrators (Automic, Airflow, Luigi).
Strong SQL skills for data analysis and optimization (preferably in BigQuery or Spark SQL).
Excellent data modeling skills for designing adaptable schemas.
Ability to understand data requirements and translate them into effective pipeline solutions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Effective communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to Have:
Experience with near real-time streaming data pipelines (Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming).
Understanding of REST APIs and technologies like Apache Druid, Redis, Elastic Search, or GraphQL.
Exposure to developing reports/dashboards using Looker or Tableau.
Experience in the eCommerce domain.
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.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.For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .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.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.For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .Sunnyvale, California US-04397:The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00-$234,000.00Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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Minimum QualificationsOutlined 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 insoftware engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science and 1 year's experience in software engineering or relatedfield.2 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.Preferred QualificationsOutlined 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 Location680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of AmericaWalmart, 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.
