(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer , you will play a critical technical leadership role in designing, developing, and delivering highly scalable, reliable, and secure enterprise software solutions.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, from architecture and system design through implementation, deployment, and production operations. You will solve complex engineering problems, establish reusable architectural patterns, influence technical direction, and collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams.

This role requires deep expertise in Python, backend engineering, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native technologies, system design, scalability, performance, and operational excellence .

What you’ll do

• Design and develop highly scalable, available, resilient, and performant distributed systems .
• Lead architecture and technical design for complex applications, services, and integrations.
• Design and build scalable backend services and REST APIs using Python, Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies.
• Design and build secure platform services and integrations that enable governed AI and automation applications to use enterprise data, APIs, and workflows.
• Apply strong system-design and software-architecture principles , balancing immediate business requirements with long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Build distributed applications using microservices, service-oriented, and event-driven architectures .
• Design asynchronous and event-streaming solutions using technologies such as Kafka .
• Drive technical decisions around scalability, caching, concurrency, fault tolerance, data consistency, performance, and resiliency .
• Design and implement solutions using relational and NoSQL data technologies.
• Develop and deploy applications using cloud-native technologies, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices .
• Establish engineering standards and reusable patterns that can be adopted across multiple services and engineering teams.
• Drive performance engineering, observability, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production readiness .
• Implement strong automated testing, code quality, security, and reliability practices.
• Participate in and lead architecture reviews, technical design reviews, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning application, infrastructure, database, network, and distributed-system layers.
• Provide end-to-end technical ownership , from requirements and architecture through development, deployment, and production support.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance while raising engineering standards across the broader organization.
• Collaborate and influence across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams to drive complex initiatives to completion.

• Strong software engineering experience building large-scale, highly available enterprise systems .
• Deep hands-on expertise with Python, Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST APIs, and backend application development .
• Experience building secure integration services or workflow platforms that connect enterprise APIs, data sources, and external systems with strong access control, observability, and auditability.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, service-oriented architecture, and design patterns .
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive system architecture and technical design for complex solutions.
• Strong understanding of scalability concepts including horizontal scaling, caching, asynchronous processing, concurrency, partitioning/sharding, and failure recovery .
• Experience working with event-streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka .
• Strong experience with relational databases such as DB2, SQL Server, or similar , along with knowledge of NoSQL technologies.
• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and CI/CD .
• Strong understanding of observability , including application metrics, logging, tracing, monitoring, and alerting.
• Experience designing for high availability, resiliency, maintainability, security, and production operability .
• Strong understanding of automated testing and engineering quality practices.
• Ability to analyze complex production and performance issues across multiple technology layers.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and balance short-term delivery requirements with long-term platform sustainability.
• Strong technical communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and helping teams improve engineering and architecture practices., 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 engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications…

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

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, We value candidates with a 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. The ideal candidate would have 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.

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices . 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., The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

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.