Senior, Data Engineer - Full Stack
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior, Data Engineer - Full Stack to join our team at Sams Club. As a Senior, Data Engineer - Full Stack, you will be responsible for designing, building, testing, and deploying scalable, intelligent data solutions that support millions of Sams Club customers. You will also partner with engineering, AI/ML, and product teams to ensure data services are discoverable, trustworthy, and consumable by next-gen AI agents and LLM-based systems.
About the Role
As a Senior, Data Engineer - Full Stack, you will:
- Design, build, test, and deploy scalable, intelligent data solutions that support millions of Sams Club customers
- Partner with engineering, AI/ML, and product teams to ensure data services are discoverable, trustworthy, and consumable by next-gen AI agents and LLM-based systems
- Collaborate across Sams Club engineering teams to contribute to a data-first, agent-aware architecture and foster a culture of innovation around intelligent automation
- Engage with Product Management and Business teams to prioritize data products that will drive autonomous decision-making and context-rich recommendations
- Build features that enable seamless integration between structured/unstructured data and downstream AI agents, enabling smarter responses, faster insights, and automation
- Deploy and monitor products on cloud platforms with agent observability, telemetry, and auditability in mind
- Develop and implement best-in-class data health monitoring, traceability, and context enrichment processes to ensure data used by agents is reliable and governed
- Lead technical solutioning for full-lifecycle projects, with an eye on how data will power autonomous workflows, co-pilots, and multi-agent systems
What Youll Bring
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- 4-6 years of experience in Big Data development with a focus on scalable, fault-tolerant architectures
- 2-3 years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure, including services like BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, or equivalent
- Strong foundation in data engineering best practices and experience building complex data pipelines optimized for agent consumption
- Experience designing and implementing semantic layers or knowledge graphs that could power data-aware AI agents
- Proven experience in data modeling and architecture, with awareness of how data structures affect retrieval quality and contextual relevance for agents
- Exposure to LLM-driven workflows, prompt templating, or orchestration tools (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI) is beneficial but not required
- Understanding of data governance, including quality, access control, and lineage-especially in the context of agent auditability and trust
- Experience writing clean, testable code in Python, Java, or Scala; experience with PySpark/Spark for distributed data processing
- Demonstrated ability to write optimized, scalable SQL and to work with large datasets across cloud-native and open-source platforms
- Familiarity with tools like Kafka, Spark Streaming, Druid, and Presto, and how they interact in real-time or hybrid data systems
- Solid software engineering experience across backend and frontend development
- Advanced experience with Java and Spring Boot, along with strong experience using modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
- Experience working with SQL (Azure SQL) and NoSQL (Cosmos, Cassandra, MongoDB) databases in both backend services and Full Stack systems
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as Azure, and GCP
- A strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, system observability, and deployment patterns for applications with both frontend and backend components
- A demonstrated ability to design and maintain scalable, reliable, high-performing Full Stack applications
- Success building enterprise-level systems that include both user-facing interfaces and backend services
- Strong experience with API design, performance optimization, and scalable solution development across the full stack
Benefits
At Sams Club, we offer a competitive salary range of $117,000 - $234,000 per year, as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits. Our benefits include:
- Health benefits, including medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Financial benefits, including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off benefits, including PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
- Live Better U, a company-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities
- Discount Card, which offers 10% off on most regular-priced items and fresh produce in-store and on select items at Walmart.com
- Clear Pathways, a program that offers training and development opportunities to help you grow your skills and advance your career
- Financial perks, including 401(k) matching and stock purchase plans
- Wellbeing programs, including access to mental health resources and assistance programs
- Career growth opportunities, including training, leadership programs, and clear paths to advance
Minimum Qualifications
To be eligible for this role, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3 years experience in software engineering or related field
- Option 2: 5 years' experience in software engineering or related field
- Option 3: Masters degree in Computer Science and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related field
- 2 years experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics
Preferred Qualifications
To be considered for this role, you must also meet the following preferred qualifications:
- Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, ETL tools and working with large data sets in the cloud
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 3 years experience in software engineering
- 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
- Experience with accessibility best practices and knowledge of accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture
Primary Location
The primary location for this role is:
- 1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America
Walmart and Its Subsidiaries
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and have 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.
Explore Our Benefits
At Sams Club, we offer a range of benefits, including:
- Discount Card, which offers 10% off on most regular-priced items and fresh produce in-store and on select items at Walmart.com
- Live Better U, a company-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities
- Clear Pathways, a program that offers training and development opportunities to help you grow your skills and advance your career
- Financial perks, including 401(k) matching and stock purchase plans
- Wellbeing programs, including access to mental health resources and assistance programs
- Career growth opportunities, including training, leadership programs, and clear paths to advance
Learn About Our Benefits
To learn more about our benefits, please visit our website at One.Walmart.
Apply Now
If you are excited to be part of our journey and make a difference in the lives of our members, please apply now to join our team as a Senior, Data Engineer - Full Stack!