(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
About The Position
Join Walmart as a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable platform capabilities and AI-driven applications. This role involves driving the full software lifecycle, applying cloud-native architecture principles, and collaborating across teams to deliver resilient, maintainable solutions. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions while ensuring alignment with business goals. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, data-driven decision making, and a commitment to engineering excellence to support continuous innovation and operational success. The team delivers secure, scalable software solutions by collaborating across business, product, and engineering functions. Focused on high-quality feature delivery aligned with Sam’s Club standards, the team leads efforts to detect and prevent fraudulent activities through advanced analysis and rule optimization. Members engage in development, testing, and mentoring to ensure robust site security and seamless user experiences. Emphasizing continuous improvement, the team fosters technical excellence, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration to address evolving business needs and maintain reliable, high-performance software systems.
Requirements
- Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation to ensure scalable and resilient platforms.
- Strong proficiency in Java and related programming languages for AI-driven application development and intelligent automation.
- Experience leading full software development lifecycle activities, including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance.
- Ability to conduct system design reviews and apply software design patterns for secure, modular, and maintainable solutions.
- Skilled in API design, software prototyping, and DevOps engineering to enhance developer productivity and platform capabilities.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with data-driven decision-making and remedial action implementation.
- Effective mentorship and technical leadership fostering continuous learning and engineering excellence.
- 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.
- 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
- Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap priorities.
- Lead 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 quality and alignment with architectural standards.
- Build AI-driven applications integrating intelligent automation and ML components.
- 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 decision making and innovation.
Benefits
- 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U is a company 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
