(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$143,000 - $286,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help design, build, and evolve Walmart’s Tier-0 order service platform that serves as a critical source of truth for order data across the enterprise. You will lead the design of highly scalable, low-latency, and distributed systems to support customer-facing and internal teams. You will provide technical leadership across architecture, platform modernization, reliability, search, indexing, and event-driven systems, while driving complex cross-team initiatives from design through production. You will also mentor engineers, raise engineering standards, influence long-term technical direction, and partner closely with product and platform teams to deliver reliable solutions at Walmart scale. The Order Service team builds and operates Walmart’s Tier-0 order search platform, a critical source of truth for order data across the enterprise. Our services power Purchase History, order status, fulfillment, returns, marketplace integrations, and other post-purchase experiences. We build large-scale distributed systems focused on high availability, low latency, reliability, and performance at Walmart scale. The team also drives modernization across search and indexing, event-driven architecture, cloud infrastructure, observability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization. We value strong ownership, pragmatic engineering, collaboration, and continuous improvement while partnering closely with commerce, fulfillment, marketplace, and platform teams.

Requirements

Deep hands-on experience with Java and Spring/Spring Boot, building scalable, reliable backend services.
Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, performance, concurrency, and large-scale architectures.
Proven technical and project leadership, driving initiatives from design through production.
Strong mentorship skills and ability to raise engineering standards.
Track record of innovation, simplification, and continuous improvement.
Excellent problem-solving and deep debugging skills for complex production issues.
Strong communication and leadership, with the ability to drive discussions, align stakeholders, and influence decisions.
Ability to lead architecture and design reviews and clearly communicate trade-offs.
Strong ownership and execution in ambiguous, high-impact environments.
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
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.
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

Lead the design and development of scalable, low-latency, resilient Order Service systems.
Drive architecture and technical direction across distributed systems, search, event-driven platforms, reliability, and modernization.
Own critical services end to end, from design and implementation through production readiness and operations.
Partner across product and engineering teams to deliver key commerce, fulfillment, marketplace, and returns capabilities.
Improve scalability, availability, performance, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.
Provide technical leadership, influence decisions, and establish engineering best practices.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and technical growth.
Lead root-cause analysis and drive long-term reliability improvements.
Evaluate and adopt modern technologies and architectural patterns.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical coverage
Vision coverage
Dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption expense reimbursement
Surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
Live Better U (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.)