Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart

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(Usa) Crossman Respect Building Ca Sunnyvale Home Office, US Posted 63 days ago $143,000–$286,000 / year
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TL;DR

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our team at Walmart Global Tech in Sunnyvale, CA, where you will design and build enterprise-scale Marketplace platforms supporting Seller Risk. As a senior technical leader, you will drive architecture, system design, and engineering excellence across the full stack, focusing on Java-based distributed systems and React front-end applications. You will be responsible for designing highly scalable backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot, architecting real-time event-driven systems with Apache Kafka, and developing large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines with Apache Spark. Additionally, you will mentor senior engineers, lead system design reviews, and optimize system performance through partitioning strategies, caching, async processing, and concurrency tuning. This role requires deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and Apache Spark, as well as experience with cloud-native deployments and NoSQL data stores. You will work on complex engineering challenges that impact millions of customers globally, ensuring high throughput, low latency, and extreme reliability.

Skills

Java Spring Boot Apache Kafka Apache Spark Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD NoSQL Cassandra BigQuery HBase Temporal.io Cadence Apache Airflow Argo Workflows AWS Step Functions Event Sourcing CQRS Saga Pattern Idempotency Messaging Queuing Priority Queuing

What you'll do

  • Design and build highly scalable backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Architect real-time event-driven systems using Apache Kafka for high throughput.
  • Develop large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines with Apache Spark.
  • Drive architecture decisions focusing on scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
  • Lead system design reviews and define engineering best practices for distributed systems.
  • Optimize system performance through partitioning strategies, caching, and concurrency tuning.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in backend and distributed systems engineering.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and Apache Spark.
  • Proven track record of building large-scale distributed systems at high throughput and low latency.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes, Docker) and NoSQL data stores.
  • Experience designing event-driven microservices architectures and leading technical initiatives across teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $143,000–$286,000 range sits above 83% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$131,650–$234,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$159,480–$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

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

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