(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

11d•$132,000 - $286,000•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a talented and passionate Staff Software Engineer to join Walmart’s Pre-Purchase eCommerce organization. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of large-scale Content Management platforms and capabilities that power critical customer and merchant experiences. As a hands-on technical leader, you will architect and build scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and Apache Kafka. You will apply strong software-engineering fundamentals and distributed-system design principles to develop reliable, high-performance, event-driven platforms. You will own solutions across the complete software development lifecycle—from architecture and hands-on implementation through testing, deployment, observability, and production support. You will also apply cloud-native principles and DevOps practices to improve platform scalability, resilience, performance, security, and operational agility. The role includes driving key architectural and technical decisions, establishing reusable engineering patterns and standards, and collaborating closely with engineering, product, architecture, and user-experience teams to deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Kafka, cloud-native technologies, and scalable system design with strong problem-solving and technical leadership skills. You will mentor engineers, raise the technical bar across the organization, and continuously improve development practices, tools, infrastructure, and platform capabilities. Experience designing AI/ML frameworks or Agentic AI workflows is an additional advantage. About the Team The Content Management team within Walmart’s Pre-Purchase eCommerce organization builds and operates Walmart’s homegrown content management platform. The platform enables merchants and content teams to create, manage, personalize, schedule, and deliver digital content across Walmart.com, Sam’s Club, and international markets. The platform is also evolving from predominantly manual, form-based content curation toward intelligent, AI-assisted experiences. The team is introducing Agentic AI workflows that can understand business requirements, generate and recommend content, coordinate specialized agents and platform services, and guide users through content creation and publishing with appropriate human review and approval. Immigration Sponsorship support is NOT available for this position.

Requirements

Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with a strong track record of designing, building, and scaling production-grade backend services and platforms.
Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including data modeling, query optimization, indexing, transactions, performance tuning, and operating databases at scale.
Hands-on experience building event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, including topics, partitions, consumer groups, ordering, retries, idempotency, and failure handling.
Proven ability to drive architecture and design decisions for distributed systems that power critical, high-traffic applications.
Experience defining clear and scalable service contracts using REST APIs, Agent-to-Agent protocols, and Model Context Protocol.
Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, scalability, resiliency, security, and operational readiness.
Experience developing and maintaining large-scale content management or content-delivery platforms that serve customer-facing digital experiences.
Ability to establish and drive engineering standards across coding, testing, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and production support.
Hands-on experience with cloud-native development, containerized applications, automated deployments, and modern DevOps practices.
Proven experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and influencing architectural direction across teams and organizations.
Ability to partner effectively with product, data, user experience, architecture, and platform teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Demonstrated ability to mentor senior and mid-level engineers, provide technical guidance, and raise the overall engineering bar of the team.
Strong production ownership, including incident response, root-cause analysis, operational improvements, and prevention of recurring issues.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and align stakeholders around complex technical decisions.
Prior experience building high-volume, high-availability, consumer-facing applications.
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

Experience designing AI/ML frameworks or Agentic AI workflows is an additional advantage.
Experience designing AI-enabled or Agentic AI workflows, including REST, A2A, MCP, tool integration, orchestration, and human-in-the-loop controls, is a plus.
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

Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
Drive full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure alignment with architectural best practices.
Build AI-driven applications integrating ML components and intelligent automation features.
Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements and optimize development processes using data-driven practices.

Benefits

competitive pay
incentive awards for your performance
401(k) match
stock purchase plan
paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
multiple health plans
flexible working hours
performance-based bonus awards
medical coverage
vision coverage
dental coverage
401(k)
stock purchase
company-paid life insurance
parental leave
family care leave
bereavement
jury duty
voting
short-term and long-term disability
company discounts
Military Leave Pay
adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart