Senior, Software Engineer - Backend

Senior, Software Engineer - Backend

Join Walmart Global Tech as a Senior Software Engineer – Backend to build and enhance scalable systems that power seamless digital experiences for millions of customers worldwide. You will work across diverse systems and domains, contributing to the design and development of critical backend services supporting Walmart’s digital ecosystem, from checkout and fulfillment to user engagement journeys.

$90,000.00/yr - $/yr

• Architect, design, and develop scalable backend services and APIs to support complex digital experiences.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams across domains—including product, frontend, data, and UX—to design solutions that enhance the customer journey.
• Lead technical initiatives such as solution architecture, performance tuning, and system scalability enhancements.
• Optimize application performance and ensure high code quality.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive knowledge sharing within the team.
• Advocate best practices in services architecture, security, and testing.
• Implement and maintain secure, high‑performance, and fault‑tolerant distributed systems.
• Develop reusable frameworks and components for backend service integrations.
• Maintain high code quality through automated testing, continuous integration, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across complex services.
• Build scalable and reliable systems that handle large volumes of traffic and data.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while following engineering best practices.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues in distributed systems across environments.
• Contribute to performance optimization, security improvements, and system resilience.

• 6 to 9 years of total experience, including 5+ years in backend engineering platform development.
• 5+ years of experience in Java technologies, distributed systems, and large‑scale application development.
• Hands‑on experience with Spring Boot, REST, Kafka, and Cassandra.
• Experience with containerization technology and microservices.
• Well versed in CI/CD, Dev Ops practices, and monitoring tools.
• Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals—multithreading, data structures, algorithms, design patterns—and ability to develop high‑performance scalable applications.
• Strong adherence to SDLC process and Scrum/Agile methodologies.

• Competitive base salary with performance‑based bonus awards.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Stock purchase plan.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• Paid time off (PTO) with additional family and bereavement leave.
• Health, vision, and dental coverage.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance.
• Employee discounts and additional benefits such as military leave pay, adoption reimbursements, and education reimbursement.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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 diversity—unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas—and being inclusive of all people.

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Location:

Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America