Senior, Software Engineer

Walmart

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Posted
1 day ago

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Similar $182k
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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

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer on the Walmart Marketplace team, you will design and build high-scale distributed systems using Java, Rust, and NodeJS to evolve and operate the Marketplace API Gateway, handling critical traffic from sellers and solution partners. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading the development of the new mGQL gateway with Apollo GQL Federation Framework, enhancing developer.walmart.com for intuitive end-to-end experiences, and extending the MCP gateway for agentic integrations. You will work on backend services, federated GraphQL patterns, and platform capabilities to ensure reliability, observability, and security across Marketplace APIs. Proficiency in modern front-end frameworks like React/TypeScript is essential, as you will build performant UI surfaces and internal tools while collaborating closely with product teams to drive architectural improvements and influence platform-wide standards for scalability and maintainability.

What you'll do

  • Design and build high-scale distributed services for the Marketplace API Gateway.
  • Lead development of mGQL gateway, including schema design and performance optimization.
  • Extend MCP gateway to enable agentic workflows within the Marketplace domain.
  • Own end-to-end lifecycle of backend services from design through monitoring.
  • Implement best practices for resiliency, observability, and fault isolation across platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience in designing and operating large-scale distributed systems and API gateway platforms.
  • Deep expertise in GraphQL, including schema design, federation, and performance optimization.
  • Proficiency in backend languages such as Node.js, Java, or Rust.
  • Hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks (React/TypeScript preferred).
  • Solid understanding of backend service reliability engineering, observability, and fault-tolerant architectures.
  • Experience building developer platforms, public APIs, and tooling focused on developer experience (DX).
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence architectural decisions across multiple teams.

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