(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
About The Position
The Staff Software Engineer will work on Walmart’s Cassandra platform, which supports hundreds of production clusters for critical retail and eCommerce systems. The role combines hands-on software engineering with staff-level technical leadership, including setting automation strategy, improving distributed database architecture, and influencing reliability standards and operational practices across teams. The engineer will collaborate with cloud, application, platform, and reliability teams, mentor engineers, and participate in on-call support. The position focuses on building automation for Cassandra cluster lifecycle management and health monitoring, reducing repetitive operational work through internal tools and self-service capabilities, and improving the reliability, performance, and cost efficiency of a large-scale distributed database environment. The engineer will also evaluate AI-assisted tools for better diagnostics, alert quality, and engineering productivity. The role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager, Cassandra Platform. The primary location is 2403 SE J St, Bentonville, Arkansas. The annual salary range is $110,000–$220,000, with additional annual or quarterly performance bonuses and, for certain positions, stock.
Requirements
- Experience building backend or platform software using Java, Python, Ruby, and shell scripting.
- Experience operating and troubleshooting distributed systems in production environments.
- Ability to identify manual processes and replace them with scalable automation.
- Experience participating in on-call and incident response.
- Experience collaborating across engineering, cloud, and reliability teams.
- Option 1: 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.
- Option 2: 6 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Nice To Haves
- 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 and implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards.
- Knowledge of assistive technologies and integrating digital accessibility into products and services.
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Walmart accessibility standards and guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Design and build automation for provisioning, scaling, upgrading, decommissioning, and health monitoring Cassandra clusters.
- Reduce repetitive operational work by developing internal tools and self-service capabilities.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and lead incident response and root cause analysis for production systems.
- Improve system reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across a large-scale distributed database footprint.
- Evaluate and apply AI-assisted tooling to improve diagnostics, alert quality, and engineering productivity.
- Lead automation strategy to reduce operational toil and improve platform efficiency.
- Drive architecture improvements across distributed database environments.
- Influence reliability standards and operational best practices across teams.
- Collaborate with cloud, application, platform, and reliability engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers while remaining hands-on in technical execution.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase plan.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave.
- Parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
- Short-term and 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.
- Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.
- Annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
- Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
