Data Engineer - (Scala, Spark, Kafka Landscape) - Hybrid - Sunnyvale - Ca

Additional Information :

• Candidate must be local and manager is not open to candidates who can relocate.
• There is an expectation that the candidate will be going onsite each week so please ensure your candidate is ok with a hybrid role.
• This position does have the possibility to extend but is based on a quarterly basis.

Description:

• Designs, develops, and implements Hadoop eco-system based applications to support business requirements.
• Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing.
• Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

Experience/Skills Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 5 years experience in computer programming, software development or related
• 3+ years of solid Java and 2+ years experience in design, implementation, and support of solutions big data solution in Hadoop using Hive, Spark, Drill, Impala, HBase
• Hands on experience with Unix, Teradata and other relational databases. Experience with @Scala a plus.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

  What are the top 3 skills needed/required?

• Scala, Spark, Kafka landscape

• What skills and/or experience would separate the top candidate?

• Should have worked extensively on BigData eco system and real time data streaming

• What is the project this person will be working on?

• Bunch of Various OKRs in MarTech Landscape

• How will they contribute to the project?

• As a hands on developer

• What is the makeup of the team?

• Resources with varies experience and level, spread across multiple time zones

• Does the candidate need to be in a certain Walmart location/hub or remote?

• Need to be in Sunnyvale office

• Will a Walmart badge be needed at onset or in the future?

• Yes

• If hybrid or in office role, how many days a week will the candidate need to come into the office?

• Atleast 2 days per week in office
• Please note that candidates who will be working in Bentonville, AR, Reston, VA or some Texas locations must have a VendorSAFE background check completed.

• Does this contract have the opportunity to extend or convert to an FTE?

• Yes depending on performance

• Have you previously hired for this role?Yes
  If so, where have candidates historically fallen short?Short of Big Data exposure