Senior Software Engineer (Partner Engineer or Solution Engineer)

Walmart

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Location
Sunnyvale, CABentonville, AR
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48 days ago
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Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer (Partner Engineer or Solution Engineer)

JOB TITLE: Senior, Software Engineer (partner engineer or solution engineer) The Senior Partner Engineer joins the team to help external developers successfully integrate with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem. This role involves guiding partners through onboarding, troubleshooting integration issues, and providing architectural recommendations to build reliable, scalable integrations. You will develop tools, dashboards, and metrics to monitor API usage while collaborating with core engineering teams to design foundational systems, SDKs, and integration patterns. The position requires hands-on coding skills in Java, NodeJS, Rust, or similar backend languages, alongside proficiency in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, authentication flows, and distributed systems. You will also utilize cloud environments, CI/CD, and observability tooling to identify systemic gaps and improve developer experience. This role solves technical friction points within the marketplace by aligning partner needs with platform capabilities and API design.

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What you'll do

  • Guide external developers through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem.
  • Troubleshoot integration issues and debug API requests and responses for partners.
  • Provide architectural recommendations and reference implementations for reliable, scalable integrations.
  • Optimize partner resource utilization regarding compute efficiency, rate limits, and data usage.
  • Develop tools and dashboards to monitor API usage, error patterns, and adoption trends.
  • Identify systemic integration gaps and work with engineering teams to address them.
  • Build automation and diagnostics to proactively surface developer friction points.
  • Provide real-world feedback from external developers to influence API design and roadmap priorities.

What we're looking for

  • 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.
  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, solutions engineering, or developer relations.
  • Strong hands-on coding skills with proficiency in Java, NodeJS, Rust, or similar backend development languages.
  • Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, authentication/authorization flows, and distributed system fundamentals.
  • Experience debugging complex integration issues involving API gateways, backend services, or data pipelines.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tooling.
  • 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 (preferred).

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