Role summary:
The (IND) Senior Software Engineer will lead the delivery of scalable, secure software solutions by collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement, test, and maintain services, APIs, and user interfaces. This role requires expertise in full software development lifecycle, including automation, monitoring, and continuous integration. The engineer will contribute to solution design, technical leadership, and innovation while ensuring alignment with business objectives and quality standards. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex requirements into effective technical solutions are essential for driving impactful outcomes within a dynamic environment.
About the team:
Pulse is Walmart's user telemetry system designed to facilitate analytics processing of large-scale data. It simplifies the capture of online customer behavior, enables data sharing with partners, supports standardized data processing, and allows for global measurement of online properties across various Walmart tenants, including Walmart US, Sam's Club, and other markets. Pulse consists of tools, libraries, and services that help teams’ onboard data, validate payloads, and access analytics data through persistent storage (Hubble) or live streams (Kafka).
What you'll do:
1. Own end-to-end feature delivery — Lead scoped feature development across APIs, services, UIs, and ML model components through the full SDLC, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and ongoing maintenance.
2. Design & build scalable, distributed systems — Develop high-performance, multithreaded backend services using Java ; design and integrate messaging pipelines via Kafka; and ensure solutions meet Walmart's reliability, security, and scalability standards.
3. Manage & optimize data at scale — Work with relational (SQL/RDBMS) and NoSQL databases for transactional workloads, and leverage Big Data technologies (Hive, Spark) to process and derive insights from large-scale datasets.
4. Integrate AI/ML & GenAI capabilities — Embed AI agents and ML components via internal/external APIs, and leverage GenAI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development velocity and innovation.
5. Drive DevOps, cloud operations & engineering excellence — Monitor application performance on GCP/Azure, maintain CI/CD pipeline health, manage defects proactively, mentor peers, and champion continuous improvement practices across the team.
What you'll bring:
1. Strong Java & backend engineering expertise — Proven hands-on experience building production-grade services using Java , with deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency patterns, and high-throughput system design.
2. Distributed messaging & streaming proficiency — Hands-on experience designing and operating Kafka-based event-driven architectures for real-time data pipelines and decoupled microservices communication.
3. Data engineering & database skills — Working knowledge of SQL/RDBMS for structured data, NoSQL (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB) for flexible schemas, and Big Data platforms (Hive, Spark) for large-scale batch and streaming data processing.
Cloud platform experience — Practical experience deploying, monitoring, and optimizing workloads on GCP and/or Azure, including familiarity with managed services, IAM, storage, and compute offerings.
Full SDLC, DevOps & AI/ML integration — Track record with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability tooling, and integrating AI/ML APIs or GenAI-powered tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity and solution intelligence.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.
We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Bangalore office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.
Benefits
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.
At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 1 year’s experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects, 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.Information Technology - CISCO Certification - CertificationPrimary Location...Building 10 (sez), Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , IndiaSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related and 3 years' experience OR 5 years' software engineering experience
- Production-grade backend development experience using Java
- Multithreading and concurrency patterns expertise
- Designing and operating Kafka-based event-driven architectures
- Experience with SQL/RDBMS for transactional workloads
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, MongoDB)
- Big Data platform experience (Hive, Spark) for large-scale data processing
- Experience deploying, monitoring, and optimizing workloads on GCP and/or Azure
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability tooling
- Experience integrating AI/ML or GenAI components via APIs
- Familiarity with full SDLC, DevOps practices, and production maintenance
- Master's degree in CS/IT/engineering or related and 1 year leading information security/cybersecurity projects
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and assistive technologies
- Cisco certification (Information Technology - CISCO Certification) listed
Walmart Global Tech Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Walmart Global Tech and has not been reviewed or approved by Walmart Global Tech.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation packages typically include base pay, performance bonuses, and stock awards, with access to an employee stock purchase plan. Feedback suggests annual bonus structures and stock grants are a consistent part of total compensation in many roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a company 401(k) match and stock purchase options that support long‑term savings. Feedback suggests these programs are a notable strength within the overall package.
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Parental & Family Support — Family benefits feature paid parental leave and adoption assistance, alongside tax‑advantaged accounts for healthcare spending. Feedback suggests these supports contribute meaningfully to perceived total rewards value.
Walmart Global Tech Insights
What We Do
Walmart has a long history of transforming retail and using technology to deliver innovations that improve how the world shops and empower our 2.2 million associates. It began with Sam Walton and continues today with Global Tech associates working together to power Walmart and lead the next retail disruption. We’re a high-performing, primarily virtual workforce that is human-led and tech-empowered. Our world-class software engineers, data scientists and engineers, cybersecurity professionals, product managers and business service professionals work with top talent on cutting-edge technologies that create unique and innovative experiences for our associates, customers and members across Walmart, Sam’s Club and Walmart International. At Walmart Global Tech, one line of code or bold idea can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people – talk about epic impact at a global scale.
