(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
About The Position
Walmart is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in backend engineering, distributed systems, and enterprise platform architecture. The role designs and builds scalable, resilient, highly available services using modern backend technologies and architectural patterns. The engineer will contribute to a multi-tenant platform that serves as the single source of truth for Last Mile delivery capabilities across Walmart International markets. The role helps set the platform’s technical direction, establish reusable architectural patterns, and build foundational capabilities that enable teams to deliver Last Mile experiences reliably and at scale. The International Last Mile engineering team develops scalable, high-performance software to improve customer experience and operational efficiency. Its work emphasizes automation, continuous optimization, solution design, software development, and DevOps practices. The position collaborates with engineering teams across geographies, Product Management, Business, architects, and other cross-functional groups. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience designing and developing highly scalable distributed applications and platforms, particularly multi-tenant SaaS products.
- Experience building a Code, Deploy, Run pipeline using DevOps best practices and CI/CD tools.
- Experience with Kafka and messaging methodologies.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Proficiency in Java/J2EE, microservices, and cloud-native architecture.
- Hands-on experience developing microservices and RESTful web services in Java Spring Boot, Spring Kafka, or an equivalent framework.
- In-depth knowledge of cloud-native architecture, microservice architecture, and related technologies such as service registries, ELK or Splunk, virtual machines, and containers such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of at least one of Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
- Ability to work independently and multitask across priorities in ambiguous situations.
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of the development and design of at least one cloud-based project.
- Strong hands-on development skills for prototyping technical solutions.
- Ability and willingness to drive change and adapt quickly.
- Proficiency with new and emerging technologies.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation, facilitation, consensus-building, and influencing without direct control.
- Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns, and configuration tools to accelerate development.
- Experience practicing Agile (Scrum) methodology.
- Meets one of the stated minimum qualification options: a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus 4 years of experience in software engineering or a related area; or 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.
- Background creating inclusive digital experiences, including knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA implementation, assistive technologies, accessibility best practices, and Walmart accessibility standards and guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Work with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to share expertise and contribute to the technical community.
- Partner with Product Management and Business to set priorities and deliver products.
- Collaborate with Distinguished and Principal Architects and cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that meet Quality, Cost, and Delivery expectations within architectural guidelines.
- Participate in hiring and building high-performing agile teams.
- Create and drive high-level and low-level designs with engineering teams.
- Define quality, best-practice, and non-functional standards, and guide teams in executing them.
- Use models and algorithms operating on large amounts of data, and collaborate with cloud, platform, analytics, and other engineering teams across geographies.
- Provide technical leadership in the design and development of scalable, resilient, highly available backend services and platform capabilities.
- Establish reusable architectural patterns and foundational capabilities for the multi-tenant Last Mile platform.
- Own technical debt and modernization, balancing long-term design goals with short-term implications.
- Take end-to-end ownership of cloud-based project design and development.
- Prototype technical solutions and promote reusability, frameworks, patterns, and configuration tools.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
- 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, jury duty, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U education benefit program, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs from high school completion through bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
