Walmart Global Tech India

STAFF, DATA ENGINEER

Walmart Global Tech India

Chennai•On-site•4-7 Yrs•2 hours ago

Job description

Overview

Everyone has data, but the sheer volume of data at Walmart can be limitless.

Responsibilities

Data Transformation and Integration: Extracts data from identified databases. Creates data pipelines and transform data to a structure that is relevant to the problem by selecting appropriate techniques. Develops knowledge of current analytics trends.
Data Source Identification: Supports the understanding of the priority order of requirements and service level agreements. Helps identify the most suitable source for data that is fit for purpose. Performs initial data quality checks on extracted data.
Code Development and Testing: Writes code to develop the required solution and application features by determining the appropriate programming language and leveraging business, technical and data requirements. Creates test cases to review and validate the proposed solution design. 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.
Applied Business Acumen: Provides recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues. Develops business cases for projects with a projected return on investment or cost savings. Translates business requirements into projects, activities, and tasks and aligns to overall business strategy. Serves as an interpreter and conduit to connect business needs with tangible solutions and results. Recommends new processes and ways of working.
Participate in designing data application architecture with senior architects.
Data Governance: Establishes, modifies, and documents data governance projects and recommendations. Implements data governance practices in partnership with business stakeholders and peers. Interprets company and regulatory policies on data. Educates others on data governance processes, practices, policies, and guidelines. Provides recommendations on needed 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 perspectives and rationales.
Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders. Identifying business needs, determining, and carrying out necessary processes and practices.
Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application, ensuring compliance 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.
Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture.
Develop set processes for data modeling, mining and production.
Create custom software components and analytics applications.
Employ a variety of languages and tools to marry data systems together.
Recommend ways to improve data reliability, efficiency, and quality.
Work closely with all business units and engineering teams to develop strategy for long term data platform architecture.
Design and implement data tools for analytics and data scientist team members to help them in building and optimizing in the Walmart ecosystem.
Creates training documentation and trains end-users on data modeling. Oversees the tasks of less experienced programmers and stipulates system troubleshooting supports.

Qualifications

Well versed with Big Data Technologies, Spark, Cloud, Streaming, Kafka core, Kafka connect.
Well versed with backend technologies and application development frameworks like Spring boot, React, Node.js.
You have a proven track record coding with at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Scala, Python).
You're experienced in one of cloud computing platforms (e.g., GCP, Azure).
You're skilled in data modeling & data migration protocols.
10+ years in data engineering, platform engineering, or enterprise integration roles.
Strong experience with streaming systems (Kafka/Kafka Connect), Airflow, and cloud data platforms.
Understanding of Retail Business,. Merchandising eCommerce domain is added advantage.
Proven experience designing canonical models, data contracts, and scalable multi-tenant architectures.
Background in AI/ML systems, semantic layers, and enabling predictive/agentic automation.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder influence skills.
Familiarity with federated governance, distributed data ownership, and secure data sharing.
Advanced experience in simulation, What‑If analysis, and modeling impacts across multi-system environments.

Nice to have

Primary Location...Tower 1, Part Of 1st, 2nd To 4th Flrs, Intl Tech Park Radial Road (radial It Park Pvt Ltd), , India

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.
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

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