STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Software Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
About Team:
As part of Walmart’s Inventory & Merchandising Org, the Assortment Planning team is responsible for solving one of the most critical problems in retail—ensuring customers find the right products, in the right place, at the right time, across stores and digital channels.
We sit at the intersection of demand forecasting, inventory planning, and product placement, building intelligent systems that determine what products should be carried, where they should be available, and how they should evolve over time. These decisions directly impact customer experience, sales, and billions of dollars in inventory efficiency.
Our platforms power assortment decisions at unprecedented scale, handling hundreds of millions of item-location combinations across stores, fulfilment centres, and e-commerce channels.
The team is driving the evolution towards a unified omni planning engine, where assortment, placement, and inventory decisions are no longer siloed but optimised together across all channels. This enables Walmart to deliver a seamless shopping experience while minimizing excess inventory and operational costs.
What you'll do:
Write efficient and quality code that can work @ Walmart scale
Drive architecture and design of assortment planning platforms that determine what products to carry across stores and digital channels at scale
Drive innovation using data, ML, and modern technologies to continuously improve assortment accuracy, customer experience, and inventory efficiency
Develop and scale optimization and decisioning engines for millions of item-location combinations with strong performance and reliability
Be responsible to on-call support on a need basis.
Participate in events to build innovative solutions
What you'll bring:
B.E/B.Tech from a reputed institution.
Minimum 8 years of solid Java experience.
Good understanding of Web Services & Patterns in building Enterprise scale products.
Good understanding of distributed systems.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine 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.
We 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.
Flexible, hybrid work
Walmart’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.
Benefits
Beyond 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.
Belonging
We 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.
At 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.
Equal opportunity employer
Walmart, 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.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master’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