Distinguished, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We’re hiring a Distinguished Engineer to define the next era of the International POS platform the systems that keep checkout running for customers and associates across markets, every minute every day. This is a builder + architect + force-multiplier role. You will own the long term technical vision for how International POS services are engineered, deployed, observed, and operated at scale— low-latency experiences and resilience under real-world store conditions. You’ll lead  a platform that powers mission-critical checkout and store services with uncompromising standards for availability, performance, and security. If you want to build platforms that  impact how millions of transactions happen globally, this is the seat.
About the team:
The International POS team develops and maintains technology that powers checkout experiences across Walmart International markets. The team integrates store systems, edge and cloud services, and shared capabilities to deliver fast, reliable, and secure POS solutions. Focused on continuous improvement, the team supports market-specific requirements within a dynamic retail environment. Leveraging expertise in cloud-native architecture, scalability, and software security, the team drives innovation and operational excellence to enhance system performance and reliability, ensuring seamless customer experiences worldwide.
What you'll do:

• Own the platform architecture for International POS across edge and cloud—defining the north star for reliability, latency, scalability, and operability for always-on checkout and store services.
• Drive platform modernization: standardize deployment ( Kubernetes where appropriate), strengthen resiliency, and simplify operations so  teams can move faster with less risk.
• Engineer real store conditions: design for intermittent connectivity, constrained compute, regional compliance needs, and operational realities—without compromising customer/associate experience.
• Raise the bar across teams: establish reference architectures, golden paths, and engineering standards; mentor senior engineers; influence technical decisions across domains and markets.
• Make reliability a feature: build observability, SLOs, automated remediation, and incident-learnings into the platform

What you'll bring:

• Deep expertise in distributed systems and platform architecture with a track record of delivering highly available, mission-critical systems at scale (retail/store systems experience is a strong plus).
• Hands-on strength with Kubernetes and cloud-native patterns (service networking, workload isolation, scaling, security, multi-region design), and sound judgment.
• Proven leadership through influence: you’ve driven architectural alignment across multiple teams, resolved competing priorities, and shipped durable platform capabilities.
• Operational excellence mindset: strong experience with reliability engineering, observability, incident reduction, performance tuning, capacity planning
• Bias for action and simplification: you can take complex legacy realities, create a pragmatic path forward, and deliver measurable improvements in uptime, latency,  developer productivity.

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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

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 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 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 4 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.

Primary Location...

805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

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