staff, software engineer

Position Summary

What you'll do...

What You’ll Do

• Act as a technical lead to design, develop, and deliver multiple business- or technology-driven projects with small to medium-sized teams, supporting new functionalities and user experiences.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping architectural decisions, championing scalable, secure, and efficient solutions to meet current and future needs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, providing technical leadership and mentorship to teammates, partner teams, and engineers.
• Guide software engineers in building and delivering secure REST services using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Maven, and cloud technologies.
• Take ownership across the technical stack to improve speed of delivery, developer productivity, and overall engineering effectiveness.
• Drive availability, quality, performance, and resiliency goals with your team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including Product, Business, and Operations to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software products.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering relevant information (issue, impact, and criticality), performing root cause analysis, engaging support teams as needed, developing action plans, and completing required documentation.
• Communicate effectively with peers and stakeholders at all levels.
• Enjoy spending time writing and reviewing code while leading technical and architectural design discussions.
• Help establish tools, processes, and documentation to continuously improve code quality and engineering standards.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience building complex architectures, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Expert-level knowledge of Java technologies, SQL and NoSQL databases, distributed caching, event-streaming platforms such as Kafka, and container technologies.
• A disciplined approach to software development, including code reviews, testing, documentation, and clean code practices.
• A strong desire to continuously improve, learn, and adopt the latest capabilities in Kubernetes, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery (data warehousing) and Cloud Bigtable (NoSQL) is a plus.
• Proven ability to translate requirements into project plans while working in an agile environment.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to solve business problems and deliver best-in-class customer experiences.
• A collaborative leadership style that encourages teams to work together and deliver insight-driven outcomes.

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.
• 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.

Additional Information

• The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 in Sunnyvale, California US-11349.
• The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00 - $264,000.00 in Bellevue, Washington US-11663.
• Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
• Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : Stock.

Benefits

• 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.
• Liv 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 https://one.walmart.com.