Senior, Software Engineer - Java
About Team: Item Read Orchestrator
Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization. The Walmart Item Orchestrator team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic and talented group. You'll collaborate with passionate engineers to deliver a top-tier site experience that scales to handle millions of queries per second across billions of items. As a team, we innovate and build features on technologies such as Java, Rust, reactive programming, Kafka, Cassandra, caching, Resilience4J, and Kubernetes. Our focus is on delivering high-throughput, low-latency systems where every millisecond matters.
What you'll do
- Own scoped feature and model delivery through collaborative engineering teams, ensuring alignment with platform and system objectives.
- Write clean, efficient, and reliable code across multiple languages, driving full software development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing.
- Integrate AI and ML components to enhance software intelligence and development innovation.
- Participate in solution design, evaluating trade-offs and ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
- Conduct code reviews, debugging, and defect management to maintain high-quality deliverables.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical requirements and measurable outcomes.
- Monitor application performance and support continuous improvement through proactive testing and observability.
What you'll bring
- Proven expertise in object-oriented programming and documentation-based coding practices.
- Strong experience delivering scoped features and managing full software development lifecycle including CI/CD and automated testing.
- Proficiency in debugging, code review, and continuous development methodologies.
- Ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions aligned with platform and business objectives.
- Experience integrating AI/ML components and leveraging generative AI tools to enhance development efficiency.
- Demonstrated technical judgment with sound decision-making and adaptability to evolving technologies.
- Effective collaboration skills with cross-functional teams and commitment to engineering excellence.
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. Walmart's culture is a competitive advantage, and it's fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates. Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 – $216,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include stock.
Benefits
- Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance.
- 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
- 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.
- 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.