Job TitleJob Duties:Develops innovation strategies, processes, and best practices.Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects.Supports and ensures business objectives being met.Leads the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high level design.Leads the work of other small group of 3 to 4 engineers for assigned Engineering projectsLeads and participates in end to end service implementations, data feeds ingestion, and orchestration.Designs and implements low latency services.Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.Troubleshoots business and production issues.Backend Java Developer who also has experience with Redis, Azure SQl, Kafka, Cloud technologies, and has functional understanding of AI Platforms.What skills and/or experience would separate the top candidate?Experience in building distributed systems, knowledge of or experience with chatbot platforms.What makes a candidate profile stand out to you?Good coding and systems knowledgeWill a Walmart badge be needed at onset or in the future?YesPlease 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?Might extend but contract only position.