Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Nov 11, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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The Staff Software Engineer will join the engineering team to address technical needs by assessing software gaps between customer expectations and existing products. You will translate requirements into test strategies, create user stories, and design software solutions that ensure high availability and scalability. Day-to-day responsibilities include troubleshooting performance bottlenecks, conducting complex maintenance, and automating repetitive tasks within CI/CD pipelines. You will build and maintain a Multi-Tenant Reverse Logistics Platform and eCommerce systems using Java, MVC Architecture, Apache Camel, and Apache Spring. Technical requirements include experience with REST APIs, AzureSQL, BigQuery, Splunk, Grafana, Apache Kafka, JMS, IBMMQ, and Apache Spark. You will also utilize Docker, Kubernetes, and Shell Scripting to manage distributed environments, data pipelines, and production systems within a large-scale retail supply chain ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1126 postings across 74 companies.

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Skills

Java REST APIs Azure BigQuery AzureSQL Apache Kafka Apache Spark Docker Kubernetes Splunk Grafana Apache Camel Apache Spring SQL Shell Scripting MVC Architecture JMS IBMMQ Dynatrace CI/CD Data Pipelines

What you'll do

Assess software gaps between customer expectations and existing products to classify requirements.
Create user stories and translate customer requirements into comprehensive test strategies.
Design software solutions and detailed designs using mock screens, pseudo codes, and functional logic.
Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and monitor application health using metrics and analytics tools.
Perform corrective, adaptive, and perfective engineering activities to maintain software applications.
Develop scripts to automate repetitive tasks in CI/CD pipelines and testing processes.
Analyze application logs and maintenance data to identify and resolve recurring defects.
Implement telemetry features by determining data and metrics requirements within the domain.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4 years of software engineering experience, or a Master's degree and 2 years of experience.
Experience coding in object-oriented programming to develop large-scale backed retail applications.
Experience with highly scalable, fault-tolerant microservices design and implementation of REST APIs in Java.
Experience with database tuning, troubleshooting, and analytics using AzureSQL and BigQuery.
Experience designing and developing multi-tenant platforms using MVC Architecture, Apache Camel, and Apache Spring.
Experience designing async systems using Apache Kafka, JMS, and IBMMQ.
Experience deploying production systems and DevOps using Azure Cloud and on-premises cloud.
Experience scaling large-scale systems in a distributed environment using OneOps, Docker, and Kubernetes.

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