Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Software Engineer role focuses on delivering platform capabilities, driving the full software development lifecycle, and building AI-driven applications. This position involves technical leadership, mentorship, and collaborating with stakeholders to define and refine user problems into actionable technical requirements. The role emphasizes engineering excellence, technical ownership, sound technical judgment, adaptability, and innovation. Key responsibilities include contributing to API design, facilitating correction-of-error reviews, staying current with industry trends, and demonstrating responsibility for deliverables. The engineer will also be responsible for driving business plans and projects, providing supervision and development opportunities for associates, and promoting company policies and values. A strong emphasis is placed on respecting individuals, fostering a culture of belonging, building trusting relationships, and acting with integrity. The role requires putting the customer first, striving for excellence through continuous improvement, and leveraging new digital tools. The position is based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Requirements

Option 1: 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.
Option 2: 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.
Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards.
Experience with assistive technologies.
Experience integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
Knowledge of accessibility best practices.
Experience following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Delivers platform capabilities within a sub-organization or technical area, including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks (for example, CI/CD, SDKs, model runtimes, feature stores).
Aligns development efforts with roadmap milestones and domain priorities to ensure cohesive execution.
Applies cloud-native architecture principles (for example, microservices, containers, automation) to achieve scalability, resilience, and agility across systems.
Drives the full software development lifecycle: coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, observability, monitoring, and maintenance.
Leads infrastructure and tooling development to accelerate engineering productivity, enhance developer experience, and support platform goals.
Conducts system design reviews to validate feasibility, ensure quality, and confirm alignment with project goals and architectural best practices.
Builds AI-driven applications and intelligent automation features using languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, Dart, and C++.
Integrates AI agents and ML components that support multi-step reasoning and automation using platforms like GitHub Copilot.
Applies design patterns and principles to ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, modular, and scalable.
Mentors engineers and junior leaders across teams, fostering technical growth, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
Influences architectural and technical decisions, advocating for standardization, reusability, and long-term sustainability.
Enables team members through delegation, documentation, developer tool selection, and design guidance.
Engages product and business stakeholders to identify and refine complex user problems, converting them into actionable technical requirements.
Breaks down work into well-scoped, actionable units ready for engineering execution.
Uses data-driven engineering practices to define and track success metrics, optimize development processes, and maintain engineering excellence.
Contributes to API design and software prototyping to validate technical solutions and gather early feedback.
Facilitates correction-of-error review processes to continuously improve code quality and reduce defect recurrence.
Stays current with industry trends and contributes to engineering thought leadership through documentation, tool evaluations, and internal knowledge sharing.
Demonstrates responsibility for deliverables, ensuring solutions meet quality standards and business objectives.
Takes initiative to resolve issues and drive projects to completion.
Applies sound reasoning to make informed technical decisions, balancing trade-offs and considering long-term impacts on system architecture and business goals.
Adapts quickly to change, embraces new technologies, and understands the broader system context.
Anticipates the downstream effects of technical choices and integrates feedback to improve outcomes.
Works effectively across teams, openly shares knowledge, and communicates complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and products.
Encourages experimentation and learning to drive ongoing improvement.
Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and promoting a belonging mindset in workplace.
Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.
Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.
Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.
Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates. takes action and encourages others to do the same; holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low-Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members.
Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy.
Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

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 leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U education benefit program (for full-time and part-time associates)
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart under Live Better U.