Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Walmart Inc. is seeking a talented and passionate Staff Software Engineer to join their Pre-Purchase eCommerce organization. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of large-scale Content Management platforms, while applying cloud-native principles and DevOps practices to improve platform capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities
- Drive full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance
- Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems
- Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure alignment with architectural best practices
- Build AI-driven applications integrating ML components and intelligent automation features
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing
- Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements and optimize development processes using data-driven practices
Skills
- 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
- 6 years' experience in software engineering or related area
- Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with a strong track record of designing, building, and scaling production-grade backend services and platforms
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including data modeling, query optimization, indexing, transactions, performance tuning, and operating databases at scale
- Hands-on experience building event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, including topics, partitions, consumer groups, ordering, retries, idempotency, and failure handling
- Proven ability to drive architecture and design decisions for distributed systems that power critical, high-traffic applications
- Experience defining clear and scalable service contracts using REST APIs, Agent-to-Agent protocols, and Model Context Protocol
- Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, scalability, resiliency, security, and operational readiness
- Experience developing and maintaining large-scale content management or content-delivery platforms that serve customer-facing digital experiences
- Ability to establish and drive engineering standards across coding, testing, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and production support
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native development, containerized applications, automated deployments, and modern DevOps practices
- Proven experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and influencing architectural direction across teams and organizations
- Ability to partner effectively with product, data, user experience, architecture, and platform teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Demonstrated ability to mentor senior and mid-level engineers, provide technical guidance, and raise the overall engineering bar of the team
- Strong production ownership, including incident response, root-cause analysis, operational improvements, and prevention of recurring issues
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and align stakeholders around complex technical decisions
- Prior experience building high-volume, high-availability, consumer-facing applications
- 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
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Incentive awards for your performance
- 401(k) match
- Stock purchase plan
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Multiple health plans
- Flexible working hours
- Permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team
- Collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose
- 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
- You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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