(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
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 agentic development lifecycle (ADLC), applies agentic architecture principles, and ensures work aligns with strategic roadmaps. The engineer provides technical leadership, mentors engineering teams, and collaborates across functions to turn complex business needs into actionable solutions, with a focus on engineering excellence, innovation, continuous improvement, and developer productivity. The team develops an agentic self-healing platform that enhances system monitoring through intelligent, real-time insights and embedded machine learning. It focuses on software design and scalable distributed-system architecture, supporting large-scale operations through seamless integration. Team members collaborate across disciplines to improve system reliability and efficiency using advanced telemetry and predictive analytics. The environment emphasizes continuous learning, agile methods, software architecture, and automation to proactively detect anomalies, identify root causes, and optimize performance for enterprise clients.
Requirements
- 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.
- Expertise in AI engineering and agentic architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation for scalable and resilient systems.
- Proficiency in software design patterns, API design, and platform development.
- Experience with software development lifecycle activities, including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and observability.
- Ability to integrate AI/ML components and develop intelligent automation using languages such as Python, JavaScript, and C++.
- Skills in conducting design reviews and applying data-driven decision-making to optimize engineering outcomes.
- Mentorship and leadership capabilities to guide engineers and influence technical decisions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
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 standards, assistive technologies, digital accessibility best practices, and Walmart accessibility standards and guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Develop agentic loop applications and integrate machine-learning components for intelligent automation that takes actions based on intelligence and observability.
- Deliver platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and machine-learning frameworks, aligned with roadmap priorities.
- Lead software development lifecycle activities, including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Apply cloud-native architecture principles to build scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
- Conduct system design reviews to validate quality and alignment with architectural standards.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering best practices.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex problems into actionable technical requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement through data-driven practices, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
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 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 may be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefits for eligible full-time and part-time associates, including tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.
- Annual or quarterly performance bonuses; stock may be included for certain positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
