Senior Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 11, 2026

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About Walmart

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

The Senior Software Engineer joins the engineering team to assess gaps between business expectations and existing products while managing requirements and solution risks. This role involves creating user stories, designing components, and converting high-level designs into detailed functional logic. You will build minimalistic code for high-availability and high-scalability systems, implement telemetry features, and automate repetitive tasks. Key responsibilities include executing test cases, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks, and performing complex maintenance. You must utilize Java, Scala, Python, and Bash within object-oriented designs. The role requires experience with container technology, distributed databases like Cassandra and Elasticsearch, and messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ. You will also implement APIs using REST and RPC architectures, work with Spring Boot, and manage data movements using Spark, Hadoop, and BigQuery.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1134 postings across 74 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Assess gaps between business expectations and existing products to classify requirements and anticipate solution risks.
  • Create user stories and convert high-level designs into detailed functional logic using mock screens and pseudo codes.
  • Develop minimalistic code for components that meet business requirements, high availability, and high scalability needs.
  • Build automation scripts for repetitive tasks within CI/CD pipelines, testing processes, and other workflows.
  • Implement telemetry features and ensure security policy requirements are applied during code development.
  • Identify, create, and execute test cases to detect defects and perform regression testing on code changes.
  • Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and conduct complex maintenance procedures by analyzing application logs and metrics.
  • Mentor junior engineers by performing thorough code reviews and participating in design reviews.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in a related field and 1 year of software engineering experience; OR a Bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience.
  • Experience designing and developing large-scale, multi-threaded, distributed software applications using Object Oriented Programming.
  • Proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, and Bash.
  • Experience building and deploying applications using container technology.
  • Experience building solutions on distributed databases and pub-sub messaging systems including Cassandra, Kafka, Solr, SQL S3, Elasticsearch, and RabbitMQ.
  • Experience analyzing distributed application logs, metrics, and heap dumps to improve efficiency and scalability.
  • Experience designing and implementing APIs using REST and RPC architecture.
  • Experience with dependency injection frameworks like Spring and Spring Boot, and data movement systems like Spark, Hadoop, HDFS, and BigQuery.

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