(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • $143,000 - $286,000

About The Position

Walmart is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. The role drives the full software lifecycle, applies cloud-native architecture principles, and ensures alignment with strategic roadmaps. The engineer provides technical leadership, mentors engineering teams, and collaborates across functions to translate complex requirements into effective solutions, with a focus on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.

The team develops scalable, high-performance Android advertising solutions to enhance the shopper experience. Working with Product, Design, Data Science, and Engineering partners, it builds reusable frameworks, optimizes application performance, and integrates measurement and monetization features. The team emphasizes architecture, operational reliability, data-driven decision-making, mentoring, and continuous improvement across the software lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 4 years of experience in software engineering or a related area; alternatively, 6 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in AdTech, Retail Media, Search, Video, or monetization platforms.
• Android SDK development, Jetpack Compose, experimentation frameworks, analytics, and performance instrumentation experience.
• Experience building reusable platform components for high-traffic consumer applications.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related area and 2 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
• Knowledge of creating inclusive digital experiences, implementing WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks, aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
• Drive full software development lifecycle activities, including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure system scalability, resilience, and agility.
• Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility, quality, and alignment with architectural best practices.
• Build AI-driven applications and integrate ML components to support automation and multi-step reasoning.
• Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex problems into actionable technical requirements and track success metrics.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
• Performance-based bonus awards; additional compensation for certain positions may include stock.

What This Job Offers

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