Distinguished, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:
Join Walmart as a Distinguished Software Engineer, leading the design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems that drive operational excellence and innovation. This role requires translating strategic objectives into robust technical solutions while ensuring architectural integrity and reliability. You will champion best practices across the software development lifecycle, mentor engineering teams, and foster continuous improvement. Collaborating across functions, you will optimize system performance, automate processes, and uphold high standards in quality and security to deliver impactful solutions aligned with business goals.
About the team:
The Marketplace Platform team at Walmart develops and maintains core platform services supporting global Marketplace verticals. Focused on reliability, quality API design, and platform consistency, the team manages high-traffic systems with strong ownership and technical excellence. They deliver foundational infrastructure empowering thousands of partners and internal teams. Collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement drive their approach, enabling effective problem solving and seamless integration across complex e-commerce ecosystems. This team plays a vital role in advancing Walmart’s technology roadmap and operational priorities, ensuring scalable, resilient, and high-performing platform solutions.
What you'll do:

• Lead design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered software systems and intelligent automation solutions.
• Translate domain strategies into system-level implementations, ensuring architectural integrity and reliability across platforms.
• Drive operational excellence through technical guidance, code reviews, and strategic architectural decisions.
• Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices to ensure resilient, observable, and performant services with proper instrumentation and alerting.
• Mentor engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards in design, testing, and delivery.
• Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, automating processes to enhance engineering velocity and system scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical solutions with business objectives and customer needs.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience leading the design and development of scalable, cloud-native software systems and AI-powered solutions.
• Proven ability to translate domain-level strategies into reliable, high-quality system implementations with architectural integrity.
• Strong expertise in operational excellence, including DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and incident management.
• Demonstrated skill in mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in debugging, problem solving, and driving platform design and development aligned with enterprise standards.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills to engage cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

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 $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 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...

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

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.