Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CABellevue, WA
Salary
$143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $176,200–$230,425 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $203k for comparable roles.

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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

Walmart currently has 825 open roles on FindRole.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

Staff, Software Engineer As a Staff Software Engineer on the Marketplace Traffic Exposure team, you will lead the design and maintenance of advanced frameworks to enhance Marketplace capabilities for sellers and channel partners. You will build high-performing applications that drive customer traffic to offers through paid and organic channels. Your daily responsibilities include coding, debugging, optimizing, and monitoring application health while providing technical mentorship to junior engineers. You will collaborate with product and UX/UI teams to deliver seamless integrations and scalable, secure solutions. The role requires expert-level knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Maven, and cloud technologies. You will also utilize SQL, NoSQL databases, distributed caching, and event-streaming platforms. Additionally, experience with Big Query and Cloud Bigtable is preferred for solving complex distributed systems problems.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and deliver multiple business-driven projects and new functionalities with small to medium-sized teams.
  • Shape architectural decisions to ensure scalable, secure, and efficient solutions for marketplace capabilities.
  • Guide engineers in building secure REST services using Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
  • Take ownership of the technical stack to improve delivery speed, developer productivity, and engineering effectiveness.
  • Drive availability, quality, performance, and resiliency goals for the Marketplace Traffic Exposure team.
  • Troubleshoot production issues by performing root cause analysis and developing action plans.
  • Establish tools, processes, and documentation to continuously improve code quality and engineering standards.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teammates and partner teams.

What we're looking for

  • Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering.
  • Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
  • 10+ years of experience building complex architectures, distributed systems, and microservices.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Java technologies, SQL and NoSQL databases, distributed caching, Kafka, and container technologies.
  • Experience building secure REST services using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Kubernetes, and Maven.
  • Hands-on experience with Big Query and Cloud Bigtable (preferred).
  • Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).

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