Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

9h

About The Position

Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers. Join Walmart Global Tech's Data Platform Services organization as an Edge Cloud Computing System - Staff Software Engineer to architect Edge cloud database systems that autonomously monitor, predict, and resolve issues across the world's largest retailer's technology ecosystem, impacting millions of customers and associates globally. You'll lead the transformation of traditional Database Managing/Supporting practices into cutting-edge, self-healing platforms that serve as the intelligent backbone for database administration across all of Walmart's systems, from e-commerce to stores to supply chain. What you'll do... Staff Software Engineer - Edge Cloud Database System You'll be responsible for designing and building Tier 0 high-availability, resilient agentic platforms that serve as the backbone for reliability engineering across all of Walmart's systems, stores and facilities across US and international markets while defining and implementing unified, intelligent, operationally robust technical solutions and tools for all Walmart Technology organizations across all channels and geographies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer, with at least 4+ years in frontend/full-stack development
• Expert-level Ansible, Phyton, and Java, Javascript/typescript skills
• Strong expertise in React and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Strong understanding of containerization and experience with Kubernetes
• Strong understanding building AI agents and integration to existing solutions.
• Strong understanding on RDBMS Database Architecture with experience on Postgres, MariaDB
• Deep understanding of caching, logging, performance tuning, and monitoring strategies
• Solid understanding of the full app development life cycle
• Proficiency with GitHub and version control best practices
• Advanced unit testing expertise and testing frameworks
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or equivalent
• Comfortable working in a distributed team and communicating asynchronously
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams
• Experience designing scalable frontend architectures for large-scale systems

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

• Database Architecture & Technical Leadership: Design and architect advanced database solutions and platforms that serve as the foundation for database engineering and operations tools across Walmart's technology ecosystem
• Establish technical strategies architecture patterns that enable scalability, maintainability, and performance across distributed teams
• Lead the design of intelligent observability and monitoring interfaces that leverage modern UI patterns for anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and user-driven insights
• Designing and building API for edge database solutions integrating operational ecosystem
• E2E Engineering Excellence & Code Quality: Design and deliver code that's readable, maintainable, testable, scalable, reusable, and efficient
• Establish frontend/backend best practices including unit testing patterns, performance optimization, caching strategies, and monitoring across all database servers
• Design and developing agents based on AI technologies.
• Perform complex troubleshooting and analysis of frontend performance issues across large-scale distributed applications
• Implement advanced CI/CD pipelines for database systems including automated deployment, validation, and rollback mechanisms with built-in observability
• Introduce AI technologies to the existing operational solutions.
• Strategic Innovation & Collaboration: Partner with engineering organizations across all domains (Application partners -supply chain, Pharmacy, self-checkout application team- , Security and Compliance, Data Protection, and other infrastructure stakeholders) to deliver innovative solutions
• Collaborate with cross-infrastructure teams to design effective and understandable APIs and data contracts
• Work with designers and product managers to think from the customer's perspective and recommend design improvements
• Drive the adoption of the latest technologies and frameworks while maintaining stability and reliability
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor fellow engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing
• Lead design reviews and architectural discussions to establish technical excellence within your team
• Guide engineering team on development best practices, performance optimization, and platform engineering excellence
• Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the organization

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level