(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$143,000 - $286,000

About The Position

Role summary: As a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving the full software development lifecycle with a focus on cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across functions to translate complex business needs into actionable solutions. This role demands a commitment to engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and delivering high-quality, maintainable software that enhances developer productivity and customer value. About the team: Our Site Reliability Engineering team focuses on enhancing system reliability through controlled experimentation and fault injection. We develop and operate frameworks that enable measurable, safety-scoped tests directly linked to reliability outcomes. Combining strong SRE principles with a product-oriented approach, the team drives improvements in automation, operational readiness, and engineering guardrails. Members collaborate across services to identify risks and implement solutions that increase resilience and scalability. This team values data-driven decision-making and continuous learning to ensure robust platform performance and support business objectives effectively.

Requirements

Cloud-native expertise: microservices, containers, and automation to build scalable, resilient systems.
Strong SRE foundation: SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, reliability KPIs, and disciplined incident/postmortem practices.
Observability depth: metrics/logs/traces, alert quality, dashboards, and operational readiness to reduce risk and toil.
Proven SDLC ownership: design, coding, testing, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Platform engineering skills: API design, platform capabilities, and prototyping to validate solutions quickly.
Strong debugging and problem-solving: root cause analysis and durable corrective actions.
Chaos engineering strength: hypothesis-driven experiments, fault injection, and safety controls (blast radius, rollback, kill switches).
Distributed systems expertise: dependency mapping, failure-mode analysis, performance tuning, resilience patterns.
Leadership: mentor engineers and influence architecture toward sustainable reliability.
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
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

Deliver Chaos platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
Lead full software development lifecycle activities including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure quality and alignment with architectural standards.
Build AI-driven applications and integrate ML components to support automation and intelligent features.
Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements and optimize development processes using data-driven practices.

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.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
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. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock