(USA) Senior, Software Engineer
About the role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the delivery of scalable software solutions by managing feature implementation, testing, and ongoing support within collaborative teams. This role requires expertise in multiple programming languages and a strong focus on software lifecycle execution, including CI/CD and automated testing. You will work on Big Data platforms, applying sound technical judgment and design principles for processing large datasets. Partnering across functions, you will drive innovation, maintain high-quality standards, and mentor peers to ensure reliable, efficient, and customer-focused software systems aligned with Walmart’s strategic objectives.
About the team
The Walmart/VIZIO Team focuses on building scalable and reliable data engineering platforms aligned with business goals. Emphasizing automation and seamless integration, the team enhances system performance and supports robust platform design and development. Collaboration and technical excellence are key to the team’s approach, ensuring innovation and operational efficiency while meeting evolving business needs through disciplined engineering practices and a commitment to delivering impactful results.
Responsibilities
- Design and scale dimensional data models (star schema, snowflake) and enterprise data warehouses/lakes.
- Build and maintain reliable ETL/ELT batch and real-time streaming pipelines.
- Tune SQL queries and optimize resource-intensive computing and storage systems for cost and scale.
- Integrate LLMs or ML models in workflows to enable advanced and generative AI.
- Enforce strict data quality, auditing, and compliance frameworks to ensure data integrity.
- Collaborate closely with Data Scientists and product managers, translating complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Act as a technical mentor, guiding junior/mid-level engineers and establishing team-wide architectural standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing data pipelines, data architecture, and managing data lifecycles.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with Scala or GO is a plus.
- Proven experience in modern big data and cloud ecosystems (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure).
- Proficiency with distributed computing (SPARK, MPP) and workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Airflow, Composer).
- Real-time streaming expertise (e.g., Kafka, Flink) is highly desirable.
- Exposure to Machine Learning libraries (MLlib, TensorFlow) is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Competitive pay, performance-based bonus awards, and stock purchase options.
- Comprehensive health benefits: medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits: 401(k), company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- 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 $99,000.00 - $198,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock for certain positions.