The Staff Software Engineer delivers scalable platform capabilities and owns the full software development lifecycle: requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. The role needs deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, API design, and AI/ML integration to build resilient, modular solutions. It combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration. The engineer uses data-driven decisions and continuous improvement to raise productivity and deliver high-quality software that meets business and technical goals.
About the teamData Ventures drives Walmart's data transformation by delivering scalable B2B data solutions that give merchants and suppliers actionable insights. The team does end-to-end product development and values collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. Members use their skills in software development, AI integration, and platform design to build reliable, efficient systems. The team values innovation, accountability, and clear communication. It encourages learning and knowledge sharing across cross-functional groups.
What you'll do
Requirements and planning
- Assess gaps between customer and business expectations and the existing product. Classify requirements by type.
- Anticipate solution risks and issues early, inform stakeholders, and recommend corrective steps.
- Help create user stories for components and applications. Work with stakeholders to define technical requirements and success metrics.
- Evaluate change requests to decide which are valid and feasible.
Design and architecture
- Deliver platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks, aligned with roadmap priorities.
- Apply cloud-native principles to build scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
- Design solutions where processes and applications work together. Evaluate trade-offs against business requirements.
- Turn high-level designs into detailed designs, using mock screens, pseudo code, and functional logic.
- Lead system design reviews to confirm quality and alignment with architectural standards.
- Help choose languages, development standards, and tools.
Build and automate
- Build AI-driven applications that integrate ML components and automation.
- Write clean, minimal code and configuration that meets business, technical, and non-functional requirements. Target low maintenance, high availability, and high scalability.
- Build scripts to automate repetitive work in CI/CD, testing, and other processes.
- Implement telemetry independently.
- Apply security policy requirements throughout development and configuration.
Test and quality
- Map customer requirements to test objectives. Create and run test cases and use the right tools for each type of testing.
- Track and analyze defects, run regression testing, and study past defects to prevent recurrence.
Operate and maintain
- Run deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. Handle complex maintenance procedures independently.
- Troubleshoot performance and availability bottlenecks.
- Track metrics and analyze logs, maintenance data, and performance data to guide improvements.
- Perform corrective, adaptive, and perfective maintenance and re-engineering.
Leadership and growth
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering best practices.
- Keep improving processes, tools, and products through innovation and feedback.
- Learn new languages and frameworks that will be useful for future work.
What you'll bring
- Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation, for scalable and resilient systems.
- Strong experience in software design patterns, API design, and prototyping that produces maintainable, modular solutions.
- Proficiency in languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, Dart, or C++.
- Demonstrated ability to lead the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, observability, and maintenance.
- Skill in DevOps practices that improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.
- Experience with software testing, defect analysis, and regression practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot performance and availability problems and to maintain applications independently.
- Experience applying data-driven decision making to improve engineering processes and outcomes.
- Ability to run thorough design reviews and remedial actions that uphold engineering excellence.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a commitment to mentoring and continuous learning.
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Minimum Qualifications...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 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 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, 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.Primary Location...2608 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area, plus 4 years of software engineering or related experience
- Alternatively, 6 years of software engineering or related experience
- Expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation
- Experience with software design patterns, API design, and software prototyping
- Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, Dart, or C++
- Experience leading software development lifecycle activities, including CI/CD deployment, observability, and maintenance
- DevOps engineering experience
- Experience applying data-driven decision-making to engineering processes and outcomes
- Ability to conduct design reviews and implement remedial actions
- Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area, plus 2 years of software engineering or related experience
- Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices
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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.
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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.
