Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer on Walmart’s US Omni Tech team, you will lead the design and delivery of cloud‑native, scalable platform capabilities that power Walmart’s Real Estate, Energy, IoT, Digital Twin, EV Charging, and renewable energy ecosystems. You’ll drive end‑to‑end engineering—from architectural vision through implementation—while integrating AI/ML to improve efficiency, sustainability, and intelligent facility operations at massive scale. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and partner with product, data, and business teams to translate complex challenges into high‑impact, enterprise‑wide solutions. Your expertise will elevate developer productivity, shape platform strategy, and influence how thousands of Walmart locations are built, managed, and optimized. Define long-term technical strategy. Drive alignment among multiple stakeholders and proactively identify systemic risks and opportunities.

Requirements

• Expertise in cloud‑native architecture: microservices, containers, orchestration, automation.
• Strong skills in software design patterns, API design, and platform engineering.
• Experience with full SDLC, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to integrate AI/ML components using Python, JavaScript, C++, Java.
• Strong debugging, optimization, and data‑driven decision‑making capabilities.
• Effective mentorship and technical leadership.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, HPC, and fault‑tolerant design.
• Strong database internals knowledge for SQL/NoSQL tuning and storage design.
• Expertise in security‑first engineering and threat modeling.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures (Kafka, queues) and async processing.
• Proficiency with Cloud infrastructure and cloud automation.
• Bachelor'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.
• 6 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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• 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

• Deliver scalable platform capabilities across infrastructure, tooling, developer experience, and ML frameworks.
• Lead full SDLC: design, coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Architect cloud‑native, resilient systems using microservices and containerization.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure architectural alignment.
• Build AI‑driven applications with integrated ML components.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence through documentation and standards.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define requirements, success metrics, and outcomes.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

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