As a Staff Software Engineer on Walmart's eCommerce Search engineering team, you will lead a team of 6–10 engineers to define and evolve the backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure that power product search at massive scale. Your responsibilities include setting technical direction for critical systems, leading design discussions, and making architectural decisions that shape how hundreds of millions of customers discover products daily. You will work with Java and Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, Kafka, and Cassandra to build high-throughput microservices and data pipelines. Additionally, you will collaborate with data scientists to productionize ML models for ranking and query understanding, contribute to MLOps practices, and ensure observability and reliability of search services in production. This role requires 10+ years of experience in backend development, team leadership, and a strong commitment to code quality and documentation.
Define technical direction for backend microservices powering Walmart's search platform.
Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines at scale.
Lead architectural decisions for complex query patterns and integrations with search engines.
Mentor a team of 6–10 engineers, ensuring quality through design and code reviews.
Collaborate with data scientists to productionize ML models for ranking and query understanding.
Build observability and monitoring for search services, troubleshoot issues in production.
What we're looking for
10+ years of experience designing and developing production code in large-scale distributed systems.
Deep expertise in backend development with Java and Spring Boot, including RESTful API design and horizontal scaling on Kubernetes.
Proven track record building high-throughput microservices with fault tolerance patterns and hands-on experience with Apache Spark and streaming platforms like Kafka.
Demonstrated ability to technically lead teams of 6–10 engineers, providing architectural guidance and conducting code reviews.
Strong communication skills for creating clarity from ambiguity and articulating technical trade-offs to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
Market check
Salary context
This
$143,000–$286,000
range sits above
80%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$143,000–$244,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$169,625–$214,500
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
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Listed pay typically runs
$117,000–$234,000
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