As a Staff Software Engineer on the Enterprise People Technology team at Walmart Global Tech, you will play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing GenAI capabilities for the Associate Experience Platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing semantic routing features to direct user requests to appropriate AI models or agents based on context and intent, building evaluation pipelines to assess system performance, and collaborating with researchers to improve natural language understanding algorithms. You will also develop A2A communication protocols and contribute to microservices architecture using FastAPI, Kafka, SSE, WebSocket, and Python. Essential skills include proficiency in Python, experience with FastAPI, Git, Linux environments, Docker, and 4+ years of industry software development. Preferred skills involve hands-on GenAI application development, semantic routing expertise, and productionization of AI models. This role supports the global deployment of cutting-edge technology to over 2.2 million associates worldwide.
Skills
Python
FastAPI
Git
Docker
Linux
Kafka
SSE
WebSocket
DRY principle
Semantic routing
GenAI libraries/frameworks
Hugging Face Transformers
LangChain
OpenAI API
Vector databases
Pinecone
FAISS
Weaviate
MLOps
MLflow
Kubeflow
Airflow
What you'll do
Design and develop platform features enabling advanced semantic routing for GenAI-powered services.
Build and maintain evaluation pipelines for semantic router data to assess system performance and user satisfaction.
Develop agent-to-agent (A2A) communication protocols for seamless orchestration between multiple GenAI agents.
Contribute to the design and development of platform features using microservices and event-driven architecture in Python.
Uphold engineering excellence standards by embracing automation and adhering to DRY principles.
Support operational excellence through monitoring, troubleshooting, and participating in on-call rotations for production support.
What we're looking for
4+ years of industry experience with proven ownership and delivery of software products.
Expert in Python, including high-performing, production-quality code using FastAPI.
Hands-on experience designing and building Python-based web services in a production setting.
Deep familiarity with version control using Git and Linux environments, plus containerization technologies like Docker.
Experience with semantic routing, GenAI applications, and evaluation pipelines for AI models.
Market check
Salary context
This
$110,000–$220,000
range sits above
27%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$143,000–$244,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$165,000–$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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