About the position
In this role, you will be responsible to support our Conversational AI mobile engineering team in driving down costs to implementation, championing continuous improvement, driving innovation and mentoring engineers on developing and enhancing our enterprise scale software applications and frameworks. We are looking for a Principal Android Engineer to build SDKs which will be integrated into the mobile app - allowing our customers to shop by seamlessly interacting with their connected devices using only spoken language. Our team creates reusable technologies to help with customer acquisition, onboarding, and empowering merchants, while ensuring a seamless experience for both of these stakeholders. We also optimize tariffs and assortment in accordance with Walmart's Everyday Low-Cost philosophy. We not only create affordability, but we also deliver customized experiences for customers across all channels - in-store, mobile app, and websites. The Walmart Emerging-Tech group is a new group charted to drive the creation of the next generation retail and shopping experiences for both online and in-store. The group leads Walmart's efforts in the areas of Conversational AI, Voice Assistants, Extended Reality and more. As the Walmart Conversational AI team, we are building completely new capabilities to allow our customers to shop by seamlessly interacting with their connected devices using spoken language. This team as part of the Emerging Technologies group builds new multimodal experiences both in-house and in collaboration with strategic partners. We have launched experiences like Sparky mobile app for customers.
Responsibilities
- Leading the work of other small groups engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples; identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
- Troubleshooting business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information; engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues; formulating an action plan; directing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; performs root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues; and completing online documentation.
- Leading the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high level design by partnering with the product management, design, project management, business and user experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas.
- Developing Innovation strategies, processes, and best practices by leading internal technical teams; partnering with cross-functional teams across the business; developing assessments of key opportunities; documenting project scopes; developing long-range plans and project timelines; communicating with and influencing decision-makers and executives within the organization; and resolving technology differences across teams through informed discussions.
- Leads medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects for Mobile Engineering by collaborating with cross-functional teams to determine project requirements; translating requirements into mobile solutions for multiple operating systems; gathering requested information; writing and developing code that can be applied to multiple types of mobile devices; integrating solutions to ensure they are applicable to multiple operating systems; developing user interface solutions; conducting testing to ensure solution is functional; communicating project status and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders; determining solutions to issues; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrence of defects across multiple devices; ensuring on-time delivery; and collaborating with project managers to provide guidance on project implementation plan.
- Promoting and supporting 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; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Requirements
- 12+ years of Android platform experience
- Proficient in Kotlin
- Thorough understanding of Android App development -- its core principles, software design patterns, and best practices
- Deep understanding of various aspects of Mobile App Development
- Experience with UIkit and Android Library
- Deep knowledge of mobile design patterns and mobile architecture
- Experience in integrating with REST based backend services
- Experience in working with large code bases and effectively driving large projects
- Experience in mentoring engineers and influencing other engineers across the organization
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge integrating 3rd party SDKs and APIs
- Experience in caching, logging, performance tuning, and monitoring
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
- 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.
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Benefits
- 401(k) match
- Stock purchase plan
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Multiple health plans
- Incentive awards for performance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U education benefit program
