Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CABellevue, WA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Posted: 88 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $186k

This role $214k

$126k most similar roles pay here $303k

This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $152,150–$219,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $186k 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 184 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 180 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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As a staff, software engineer on the Marketplace Traffic Exposure team, you will drive the design and maintenance of advanced frameworks to enhance marketplace capabilities for sellers and channel partners. You will act as a technical lead for small to medium-sized teams, overseeing the development of high-performing applications that manage paid and organic traffic to seller offers. Your daily responsibilities include coding, debugging, monitoring application health, and mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with product and UX/UI teams. You will build secure REST services using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Kafka, Kubernetes, Maven, and various cloud technologies. The role requires expertise in Java, SQL, NoSQL databases, distributed caching, and event-streaming platforms. You will solve complex problems regarding scalability, performance, and reliability within the marketplace ecosystem to ensure seamless integrations and high-quality software delivery.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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Skills

Java Spring Boot Spring MVC Kafka Kubernetes Maven SQL NoSQL BigQuery Cloud Bigtable REST Microservices Distributed Systems Distributed Caching Agile WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Design and develop high-performing software architectures for marketplace traffic exposure and seller tools.
Lead technical design discussions and make architectural decisions to ensure scalable, secure, and efficient solutions.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership to teammates and partner teams.
Build and deliver secure REST services using Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies.
Improve developer productivity and engineering effectiveness across the entire technical stack.
Drive goals for system availability, quality, performance, and resiliency.
Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot complex production issues to develop action plans.
Establish tools, processes, and documentation to improve code quality and engineering standards.

What we're looking for

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field and 4 years of software engineering experience.
Option 2: 6 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
10+ years of experience building complex architectures, distributed systems, and microservices.
Expert knowledge of Java, SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Spring Boot technologies.
Proven ability to lead technical design discussions, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Experience developing secure REST services using Spring MVC, Maven, and cloud technologies.
Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards is preferred.
Authorized to work.

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