Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

7d•$110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Walmart’s Corporate Tech. Services (CTS) is a powerhouse of seven exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart. As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Joining CTS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart. Join our innovative and dynamic Tax Engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in designing, developing, and implementing digital solutions that address mission-critical business challenges, supporting Walmart associates. Your projects will make a significant impact, be scalable, and drive Walmart's modernization efforts in the organization. About the Team: The Tax Engineering team partners closely with our U.S. business units—including stores and eCommerce—to enhance customer experiences by equipping associates, tax professionals, and merchants with innovative technology solutions. Whether it's groceries, entertainment, sporting goods, or crafts, our platforms support Walmart U.S.’s broad assortment across digital and physical channels. Our focus areas include tax compliance automation, merchant tooling, data-driven insights, and personalized experiences that streamline operations and ensure accuracy across the tax lifecycle.

Requirements

8 + years of Strong development experience in Java.
Experience designing and implementing REST API web services using Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring MVC.
Experience writing unit test cases for code verification and code coverage using JUnit and Mockito.
Experience deploying applications to the server using Docker and Jenkins.
Experience designing and testing RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
Experience designing scalable microservices.
Experience testing and troubleshooting packets and HTTP/S traffic using Wireshark and Charles.
Experience providing release support and monitoring system health using Kubernetes.
Experience monitoring logs and errors for troubleshooting using Splunk.
Experience documenting and maintaining Confluence pages.
Experience maintaining a producer-consumer architecture with Apache Kafka.
Experience maintaining code using Git and GitHub.
Experience publishing and managing dependencies using Maven
Experience with public cloud technologies such as Azure OR Google Cloud Platform.
Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
Excellent technical debugging and production support skills.
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

Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership that helps accelerate adoption of the absolute best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends, and practices.
Play a pivotal role in shaping architectural decisions, championing scalable and efficient solutions to meet present and future needs.
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert to provide technical leadership and mentorship to your teammates, other teams and engineers
Lead and participate in medium- to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing, and developing code, and conducting unit testing.
Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.
Collaborate with project teams and cross functional teams.
Troubleshoot open issues and bug-fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs.
Interact with project manager to provide input on project plan.
Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, root cause), engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues.
Formulate action plans, performing actions as designated in the plan.
Interpret the results to determine further action, perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and complete online documentation.
Provide support to the business by responding to users’ questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies).
Facilitate resolutions and lead cross-functional partnerships.

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.
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.