(USA) Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

5d • $90,000 - $234,000

About The Position

Role summary: Walmart is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions. This role involves managing the full software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and ongoing support of services, APIs, and AI/ML components. The successful candidate will collaborate across teams to translate complex business needs into technical requirements, drive continuous improvement, and ensure high-quality outcomes aligned with platform and business objectives. Strong technical judgment, innovation, and effective communication are essential to support Walmart’s commitment to excellence and customer value. About the team: The Data Science team applies advanced analytical and modeling techniques to address complex business challenges. Utilizing tools such as Python, SQL, and machine learning frameworks, the team focuses on model assessment, validation, and deployment. Collaborating closely with business stakeholders, they translate requirements into actionable insights and data-driven solutions. Emphasizing rigorous statistical methods and clear data visualization, the team ensures effective communication of findings. Committed to continuous learning and innovation, members follow best practices and emerging technologies to deliver impactful results aligned with business objectives.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in object-oriented programming and documentation-based coding practices.
• Strong experience delivering scoped features and managing full software development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing.
• Proficiency in debugging, code review, and continuous development methodologies.
• Ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable software systems aligned with organizational standards.
• Experience integrating AI/ML components and leveraging generative AI tools to enhance development.
• Demonstrated technical judgment and ownership to drive projects to completion with high quality.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and mentoring within engineering teams.
• Option 1: 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.
• Option 2: 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.
• 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

• Own the 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 and ML components to enhance software intelligence and development velocity.
• Participate in solution design, evaluating trade-offs and ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Conduct code reviews, debugging, and defect management to maintain software quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical requirements
• Monitor application performance and support continuous improvement through proactive testing and observability.
• Mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices and innovation strategies.

Benefits

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• 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 (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Live Better U is a Walmart-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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level