Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Bentonville, AR
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 16 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

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Staff, Software Engineer The Staff, Software Engineer joins the AI & Data organization to develop agentic AI solutions that automate repetitive tasks and provide decision support for complex operations. You will design, develop, and scale multi-agent systems, translating business requirements into production-ready technical solutions while leading architecture discussions for high-availability platforms. Your daily work involves building integrations with AI platforms, APIs, and large-scale data ecosystems while establishing standards for prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and LLM integration. You will utilize Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript to build cloud-native microservices. Key technical competencies include experience with large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and knowledge graphs. This role solves the challenge of providing secure, reliable, and cost-effective AI capabilities for enterprise-scale operational workflows and business transformation.

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Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

Python Java JavaScript TypeScript Large Language Models Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Prompt Engineering Agentic AI Microservices Azure GCP AWS Vector Databases Knowledge Graphs LLM Orchestration API Development Distributed Systems Observability

What you'll do

Design, develop, and deploy scalable agentic AI applications and multi-agent systems to solve business challenges.
Lead architecture and technical design for highly available, secure, and performant enterprise platforms.
Translate business requirements and operational workflows into production-ready technical solutions.
Build integrations with AI platforms, APIs, enterprise systems, and large-scale data ecosystems.
Drive the end-to-end development lifecycle including solution design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
Establish standards for agentic AI development, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and LLM integration.
Mentor and coach engineers across teams to foster technical growth and innovation.
Contribute to technology roadmaps to shape the future direction of AI-powered products.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience in software engineering with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 years of experience without a degree.
Strong experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems and enterprise applications.
Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
Experience designing and implementing scalable cloud-native applications and microservices architectures.
Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, large language models, prompt engineering, RAG, and agentic frameworks.
Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical projects from concept to production.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field (preferred).

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