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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # (USA) Staff, Software Engineer - **Company:** Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - **Location:** Bentonville, AR, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, Java (Programming Language), Web Accessibility, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Architectural Patterns, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Data Systems, IBM DB2, Relational Databases, Shard (Database Architecture), Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Spring Framework, Python (Programming Language), Enterprise Messaging Systems, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Software Technical Review, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Enterprise Data Management, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, System Availability, Concurrency, Spring-boot, Caching, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Microservices - **Published:** October 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/49E8D7BCD161474E91C1642AF3B27435/job/ ## About the Role * 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. ## Description 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.