Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 71 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

Walmart currently has 825 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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The Staff, Software Engineer joins the International Omni Promotions and Rewards team to drive the technical direction for search micro-services. You will lead design discussions, make architectural decisions, and write code to modernize core systems for international retail operations. Key responsibilities include building high-throughput, low-latency services for query-understanding, autocomplete, and facet-navigation while designing data and feature pipelines. You will partner with product and data science teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, run A/B experiments, and mentor other engineers. The role requires proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and React, along with experience in distributed systems, fault-tolerance, and concurrency. You will solve complex query patterns using search engines to improve relevance while ensuring production reliability through observability and root cause analysis.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Java Spring Boot React micro-services Distributed Systems Search Engines Agile SCRUM Observability WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Own the technical direction for search micro-services including orchestration, retrieval, and autocomplete.
Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency services using distributed systems and concurrency best practices.
Architect complex query patterns with search engines to improve search relevance.
Design data and feature pipelines within the search ecosystem.
Lead discovery and design for large initiatives by translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Drive proof-of-concepts and validate ideas through prototypes and A/B experiments.
Own production reliability through observability, on-call rotations, and root cause analyses.
Mentor engineers and foster technical excellence across the team.

What we're looking for

10-14 years of experience in software development using modern languages like Java and React.
Minimum 8 years of experience in Java and Spring Boot.
Thorough understanding of Java core principles and experience writing extensive unit tests.
Ability to deliver in Agile (SCRUM) methods.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and 4 years of software engineering experience.
Option 2: 6 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Master’s degree in computer science or a related field and 2 years of software engineering experience (preferred).
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards (preferred).

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