Distinguished, Software Engineer

Wal-Mart•Sunnyvale, CA

41d•$130,000 - $338,000

About The Position

Sam's Club Membership Lifecycle Engineering powers the end-to-end member journey - Join, Engage, Renew and Grow across web, app, and club experiences. The platform spans five core domains: Member Profile, Subscriptions & Renewals, Growth, Platform & Integrations, and Data & Insights. We build and evolve a modern membership stack (API Gateway, GraphQL, orchestration, eventing, data pipelines, observability) for reliability, scale, developer velocity, and an AI/agent-ready future As the Distinguished Architect for Membership Lifecycle, you'll be the principal technical authority defining the end-to-end architecture and tech guidance for acquisition, engagement, renewals, and growth - modernizing our platforms, data, and developer experience to deliver reliable, scalable, and experiment-friendly systems at massive retail scale. You'll partner across cross domain teams to translate lifecycle outcomes into durable technical designs. What you'll do:

Requirements

Proven large-scale platform design: microservices and event-driven systems, GraphQL/gateway patterns, and high-throughput, low-latency membership/identity or subscription platforms.
Subscriptions/payments acumen: Reccuring payments/billing, retries, renewals, and revenue-retention mechanics; pragmatic automation at scale.
Reliability & velocity leadership: measurable improvements to SLAs/SLOs and DORA/SRE metrics via architecture, automation, and operational excellence.
Data & experimentation fluency: contract-first data, quality governance, and patterns that enable trustworthy measurement and faster iteration.
Executive-level influence: clear storytelling that ties architecture to business KPIs (join rate, renewal rate, churn) and aligns cross-functional stakeholders.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Nice To Haves

Master'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
We value candidates with a 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.
The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Set the target architecture across lifecycle domains (Profile & Access; Subscriptions & Renewals; Growth & Credit; Platform & Integrations), including reference architectures, guardrails, and roadmap for an AI/agent-ready platform.
Modernize core membership services (GraphQL, gateway, orchestration, eventing; PCI-aware billing/retry flows) to unlock modern and flexible membership modeling while improving uptime and cost efficiency.
Raise reliability & speed by defining SLAs/SLOs and engineering KPIs (DORA, SRE: lead time, deploy frequency, CFR, MTTR), driving resiliency patterns, and championing observability and data quality.
Accelerate growth experimentation by shaping APIs, data contracts, and experimentation hooks that enable rapid A/Bs and lifecycle optimization (join/renewal/churn).
Influence and up-level the org via deep design reviews, technical stewardship, and mentorship of Staff/Principal Engineers and EMs - multiplying impact across 5-6 coherent domains.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance.
Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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