Software Engineer, DevOps, Software Architect

Role summary: Join Walmart as a Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. This role drives the full software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with architectural best practices and business objectives. The position involves mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and applying cloud‑native principles to enhance system resilience and agility. The successful candidate will influence technical decisions, promote engineering excellence, and continuously improve processes to support Walmart’s technology goals and operational success.

About the team: The team delivers advanced platform capabilities focused on scalable infrastructure and AI‑enhanced applications supporting millions of users. It manages the full software development lifecycle with emphasis on cloud‑native design, real‑time data processing, and system reliability. Collaborating across functions, the team transforms complex business needs into technical solutions while ensuring quality and strategic alignment. It fosters technical excellence through mentorship, innovation, and continuous improvement, maintaining transparency and accountability.

The team values adaptability and clear communication to address evolving challenges, upholding high standards of integrity and operational effectiveness.

• Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and machine learning frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
• Drive full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Lead system design reviews to ensure quality, feasibility, and alignment with architectural best practices.
• Build AI‑driven applications and integrate machine learning components to support automation and intelligent features.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical decisions promoting standardization, reusability, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex problems into actionable technical requirements and track success metrics.
• Continuously improve engineering processes, tools, and code quality through feedback and innovation.

• Proven expertise in delivering platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Strong proficiency in cloud‑native architecture principles such as microservices, containers, and automation to ensure scalable and resilient systems.
• Extensive experience managing the full software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to design secure, maintainable, modular, and scalable AI/ML‑driven applications using multiple programming languages.
• Effective technical leadership and mentorship skills fostering continuous learning and engineering excellence.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to engage stakeholders and translate complex problems into actionable solutions.
• Commitment to technical ownership, sound judgment, and continuous improvement in software quality and processes.

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.

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