Senior, Software Engineer; Partner Engineer, Solutions Engineer

Position Summary

Senior Partner Engineer to help external developers integrate with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem.

Immigration sponsorship support will NOT be available for this position.

• Work directly with external developers, solution providers, and partners to guide them through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem.
• Troubleshoot integration issues, debug API requests/responses, and provide hands‑on technical guidance.
• Provide architectural recommendations, best practices, and reference implementations to help partners build reliable, scalable integrations.
• Optimize partner resource utilization to ensure performant and cost‑effective integration.
• Develop tools, dashboards, and metrics to monitor integration health, API usage, error patterns, and adoption trends.
• Identify systemic integration gaps and work with engineering and product teams to address them.
• Build automation and diagnostics to proactively surface developer friction points or API contract inconsistencies.
• Collaborate with Marketplace core engineering teams to design foundational systems, SDKs, and integration patterns that improve API adoption and developer experience.
• Provide real‑world feedback from external developers to influence API design, documentation, and roadmap priorities.
• Contribute to sample apps, libraries, documentation improvements, and developer tooling that streamline partner integration.
• Partner with product managers to shape API capabilities, onboarding flows, and developer‑facing features.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure partner needs, Marketplace goals, and platform capabilities are aligned.
• Advocate for the partner/developer voice across the organization and help prioritize initiatives that reduce friction and improve satisfaction.

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, solutions engineering, or developer relations.
• Strong hands‑on coding skills with proficiency in Java, Node.js, Rust, or similar backend development languages.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, Graph
  
  QL, authentication/authorization flows, and distributed system fundamentals.
• Experience debugging complex integration issues involving API gateways, backend services, or data pipelines.
• Ability to translate technical details into clear guidance for external developers with varying levels of expertise.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Strong product mindset and ability to evaluate tradeoffs between engineering needs, developer experience, and business outcomes.

• 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.
• OR 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and ≥1 year’s experience in software engineering or related area.
• Background in creating inclusive digital experiences, knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and experience implementing accessibility standards.

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, abilities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.