Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart • Denver, CO

3d • $99,000 - $198,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Role summary: We are looking for a Senior DevOps Software Engineer to join our growing Platform team. Your focus will be on building applications that are easier to deploy, quicker to rollback, more reliable, and faster to move into production. You will work with developers to integrate and streamline development workflows, review design/code, and provide feedback to ensure best practices are followed. You will collaborate with development teams to improve the deployment, management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of our cloud-based services. In this role, it is important to help improve the experiences of development teams and the overall engineering culture of the company. About the team: Our team enables Walmart to scale efficiently by delivering standardized platforms, processes, and services focused on operability, security, reliability, and governance. We emphasize engineering engagement and streamlined workflows to embed better practices by default. Collaboration and support drive the development of scalable platform products using leading technologies such as OpenTelemetry, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Python, and cloud services including Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure. The team is committed to continuous improvement, ensuring high performance and developer productivity while maintaining cost-effective and secure solutions aligned with business objectives.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience with software development; fluent in multiple programming languages
• 2 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure design, development, deployment, and maintenance; experience in distributed systems and networking
• Deep understanding of cloud-based infrastructure and tools e.g. GCP/Azure
• Experienced with Docker, Argo, Helm, Terraform, and Kubernetes
• Able to create automation pipelines quickly and with care
• In-depth knowledge of networking, security, observability, operating systems, and incident management concepts
• Understands SRE principles; has DevOps mindset
• Enjoys pair programming with other teams and is willing to work in another team’s codebase and respect their space
• Experience in debugging complex problems and problem-solving under pressure; enthusiastic about taking on new problems
• 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

• Design, develop, deploy, test, automate, maintain, and enhance products, tooling and system solutions for cloud-based infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform, CI/CD tools, Kubernetes, and scripting with languages like Python
• Huddle, collaborate, and parachute into codebases with developers
• Review design/code and provide feedback to ensure best practices are followed
• Contribute to and maintain existing documentation including educational content, system architecture diagrams, post-mortems, and runbooks
• Participate in weekly support rotations where you will be the front line for helping developers with one off requests
• Present DevOps concepts across engineering
• Triage application and system issues
• Contribute to scrum process improvement; mentor team members; manage project priorities, deadlines and deliverables

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. 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.
• 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.
• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees