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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
Walmart currently has
719 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$117,000–$234,000
across 592 roles with salary data.
As a Software Engineer III, you will join the team to design, build, and scale high-impact systems across backend services, automation frameworks, and GenAI-powered engineering tools. You will develop intelligent agents, workflows, and automation systems to improve engineering productivity, defect detection, and operational efficiency. Your daily responsibilities include maintaining high-scale backend services, REST APIs, and automation pipelines while building end-to-end automation frameworks for web and native mobile platforms. You will utilize Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Appium, TestCafe, XCUI Test, and Espresso within CI/CD pipelines and Git environments. This role addresses technical challenges within global eCommerce and Store ecosystems, focusing on system integration, debugging, and performance optimization to ensure availability and security for large-scale retail applications and customer-facing systems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1206 postings across 79 companies.
Build and integrate AI-powered agents, workflows, and automation systems using modern GenAI frameworks and APIs.
Design, develop, and maintain high-scale backend services, REST APIs, and automation pipelines.
Create scripts and tools to improve engineering efficiency and reduce manual effort across the organization.
Build and maintain end-to-end automation frameworks for backend, web, and native mobile platforms.
Write and automate test plans, test cases, and regression suites for large-scale eCommerce applications.
Execute functional, integration, regression, and performance testing across multiple platforms.
Integrate telemetry, monitoring, and CI/CD best practices into backend services to ensure scalability and security.
Troubleshoot automation failures and resolve technical issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What we're looking for
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 2 years’ experience in software engineering.
Option 2: 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
5+ years of experience in backend engineering, automation, or quality engineering.
Strong experience with Node.js, JavaScript, Python, or similar languages.
Hands-on experience with REST APIs, distributed systems, and backend automation.
Experience with mobile/web automation frameworks (Appium, TestCafe, XCUI Test, Espresso).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and experience with GenAI-powered applications (preferred).