Staff, Software Engineer
About the role
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build enterprise-scale Marketplace platforms supporting seller onboarding, catalog, pricing, inventory, and order management. This role is backend-heavy, with strong expectations for Java-based distributed systems, while also providing technical leadership for React-based front-end applications. You will operate as a senior technical leader, driving architecture, system design, and engineering excellence across the full stack.
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop highly scalable backend services using Java and Spring/Spring Boot
- Design distributed systems supporting marketplace workflows and real-time transactions
- Build event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka
- Develop and maintain React + TypeScript front-end applications
- Define API contracts (REST / GraphQL) between front-end and backend services
- Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and scalability
- Drive technical standards for coding, testing, CI/CD, and observability
- Partner with product, UX, data, and platform teams
- Mentor engineers and lead design and code reviews
- Collaborate with dependent engineering teams to deliver End-to-End capabilities
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Java and backend development
- Experience building distributed, microservices-based systems
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and event streaming
- Experience with React and modern front-end development
- Strong knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs
- Solid understanding of system design, concurrency, and data modeling
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Option 1: Bachelor'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.
- Option 2: 6 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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area
- 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
Benefits
- Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U: Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates
Pay
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000 - $286,000. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock for certain positions.
Location
1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America