Senior Software Engineer- Backend

Position Summary

What you'll do...

What You’ll Do

• Develop high-quality features with a focus on resiliency, scalability, and fault tolerance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business, customer, and technical requirements
• Improve application quality through best practices in accessibility, usability, and performance optimization
• Contribute to architectural decisions, development standards, and tooling
• Design and deploy cloud-based solutions on platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Partner with engineering teams to enhance system performance, stability, and efficiency
• Ensure secure coding practices and compliance with security standards
• Work within an Agile development environment
• Execute testing strategies, track defects, and support regression testing
• Participate in design and discovery phases, collaborating with product, UX, and business teams
• Optimize frontend performance using debugging and analytics tools
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git and Jenkins
• Apply SEO best practices and modern debugging techniques

About Team

About Team Our team partners closely with retail and e-commerce business units to deliver innovative technology solutions that improve customer experiences across digital and in-store channels. Key focus areas include customer experience, store operations, merchant tools, data science, and search and personalization.

What You’ll Bring

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Spring Boot
• Experience building transactional systems with strict reliability, consistency, and latency requirements
• Solid understanding of REST API design, distributed systems patterns, and failure handling (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers)
• Experience with Cosmos DB or other NoSQL data stores in high-scale production environments
• Strong DevOps mindset — comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and production support

About Walmart Global Tech

About Walmart Global Tech Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions, and reimagine the future of retail.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Other great perks including 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area
• Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's 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

1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Drug-Free Workplace

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.