USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Position 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 involves driving the full software development lifecycle, applying cloud-native architecture principles, and ensuring technical excellence through design reviews and mentorship. Collaborating across teams, you will translate complex user needs into actionable solutions while promoting continuous improvement and innovation.

Your expertise will support engineering productivity, system resilience, and long-term sustainability aligned with business objectives and evolving technology landscapes.

Our team operates across the US and India, developing systems that manage software dependencies across thousands of repositories. We enforce software development lifecycle and security policies in production deployment, automate CI/CD failure diagnosis and remediation using AI and machine learning, and enhance Wibey experiences across CI/CD. Combining platform engineering, distributed systems, developer experience, AI-driven architecture, security, and compliance, the team emphasizes automation, self-service, reliability, and reducing engineering effort s collaborative environment drives innovation and operational excellence to support Walmart’s technology goals.

• Design,build,andmaintainscalablebackendservices,microservices,andcloud-nativeapplications.
• Contributetoplatformengineeringinitiatives,internaldevelopertools,CI/CDimprovements,anddeveloperproductivity.
• Translatebusinessandtechnicalrequirementsintoreliable,maintainablesoftwaresolutions.
• Buildandsupportevent-drivensystemsusing
  
  Kafkaorsimilarmessagingtechnologies.
• Designandoptimizedatastorageusingrelationaland
  
  No
  
  SQL databases.
• Improvesystemreliability,performance,observability,andoperationalreadiness.
• Troubleshootproductionissues,resolvedefects,andsupportsmoothreleases.
• Participateinarchitecturediscussions,design reviews,code reviews,andtechnicalplanning.
• Create documentation,operationalplaybooks,reusablepatterns,andengineeringbestpractices.
• Collaboratewithproduct,engineering,andcross-functional teams.
• Mentorengineersandhelpfosteracultureoftechnicalexcellence.

• Strongproficiencyin Java,object-orienteddesign,data structures,algorithms,concurrency,andperformanceoptimization.
• Experience with Spring Boot ,RESTfulservices,microservices,andcloud-nativedevelopment.
• Experience with Kafka.
• Strongknowledgeofrelationaland/orNo
  
  SQL databases.
• ExperiencewithCI/CD pipelines,build tools,automated testing,anddeploymentpractices.
• Familiarity with Docker,Kubernetes,orchestrationtechnologies.
• Experiencewithobservabilitytoolsforlogging,distributedtracing.
• Workingknowledgeof React,HTML,CSS,andmodern
  
  JavaScript.
• HandsonAIengineeringexperienceinusingLLMs,prompt engineering,embeddings,vector databases,semanticsearch,orRAG-basedarchitectures.
• Exposure to Model Context Protocol (MCP),
  Claude Code
  ,
  ClaudeAgentSDK
  ,tooluse,agenticworkflows,contextmanagement,andhuman-in-the-loopAIautomation.

• 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.
• You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
• For information about PTO, see
• Live Better U is a Walmart-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.
• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
• For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.
  
  Walmart.
• The annual salary range for this position is $ - $. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
  
  - Stock

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…