Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$90,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the delivery of scoped features and models through collaborative teams, ensuring alignment with platform and business objectives. This role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions using multiple programming languages and modern development practices. You will integrate AI/ML components, drive continuous improvement, and provide technical leadership while collaborating across functions to address complex challenges. A strong focus on code quality, system performance, and innovation is essential to support Walmart’s commitment to reliable, scalable, and customer-centric technology solutions. The replenishment input team delivers precise inventory, network, item, and settings data to support timely fulfillment decisions. This team gathers, validates, enriches, and aggregates critical information to enable effective decision-making. Collaborating across functions, members apply advanced skills in cloud-native architecture, system design, and AI integration to build scalable, reliable platforms. The team drives continuous improvement by leveraging innovation and problem-solving expertise, ensuring solutions meet business goals and operational needs while maintaining high standards of quality and performance.

Requirements

Experience with Java (Full Stack) and Spring Boot microservices development
Hands-on experience with Apache Spark for large-scale batch and streaming data processing
Experience building and operating Apache Kafka event-driven architectures
Solid understanding of distributed NoSQL databases — Cassandra and/or Cosmos DB
Experience developing and deploying solutions on GCP (BigQuery, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, or equivalent)
Experience in writing clean, testable, production-quality code with CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge with grasp of distributed systems concepts — CAP theorem, consistency models, fault tolerance
Experience with WCNP / Kubernetes container deployments
Familiarity with data quality frameworks or catalog/item data domains
Knowledge of Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns
Exposure to dbt, Airflow, or Dataflow for pipeline orchestration
Experience in a high-scale e-commerce or retail tech environment
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
Proven ability to drive full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and incident response.
Experience in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
Skilled in technical solution design, model-driven design, and applying engineering design processes.
Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions for maintainability and interoperability.
Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Bachelor'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.
OR 5 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 1 year's 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 join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Own delivery of scoped features and models through collaborative engineering teams, ensuring alignment with platform and system objectives.
Write clean, efficient, and reliable code across multiple languages, driving full software development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing.
Integrate AI/ML components and leverage generative AI tools to enhance software intelligence and development efficiency.
Participate in solution design, conduct code reviews, and apply object-oriented programming and documentation-based coding practices.
Monitor application performance, support defect management, and ensure high-quality, maintainable software systems.
Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical requirements and measurable outcomes.
Mentor peers, promote engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Incentive awards for performance
401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
Multiple health plans
Flexible working hours
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
Company-paid life insurance
Sick leave
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates