Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart

Actively hiring

(Usa) Crossman Excellence Building Ca Sunnyvale Home Office, US Posted 58 days ago $117,000–$234,000 / year

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At a glance

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TL;DR

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Platform team to build and maintain scalable backend services and platform APIs in Java and Python. This role involves designing, enhancing distributed platform capabilities like cache and search, developing reusable frameworks for product lifecycle management, and driving DevOps practices including CI/CD and infrastructure automation. The ideal candidate will have expertise in distributed systems, NoSQL operations, and SRE methodologies to improve observability through metrics, dashboards, and alerting. Additionally, the role requires a strong focus on AI-assisted development to reduce operational toil and optimize engineering workflows, while collaborating with architects to ensure reliable and cost-efficient solutions for enterprise-grade applications at Walmart’s scale.

Skills

Java Python Kubernetes CI/CD DevOps SRE Prometheus Grafana Docker Terraform AI NoSQL REST gRPC PostgreSQL MESOS ZooKeeper Redis Elasticsearch

What you'll do

Design and maintain scalable backend services and platform APIs in Java and Python.
Enhance distributed platform capabilities like cache and search for reliability and performance.
Develop automation tools for product lifecycle management, failover, monitoring, and capacity planning.
Build and support platform APIs enabling internal teams to manage cache and data platform services.
Drive DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and operational readiness.
Improve observability through metrics, dashboards, alerting, tracing, logging, and health signals.

What we're looking for

Strong hands-on experience in Java and Python for backend development.
Expertise in distributed systems and NoSQL operations (cache, search).
Proven track record in SRE/DevOps practices including CI/CD and Kubernetes.
Deep understanding of observability tools and techniques (metrics, logs, traces).
Ability to design and implement resilient platform services and APIs.
Experience with AI-assisted development and automation for operational efficiency.

Market check

Salary context

This $117,000–$234,000 range sits above 76% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$203,940

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,050–$175,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

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