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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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As a Staff, Software Engineer, you will join the CICD Engineering team within the Developer Experience & Gen AI organization to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable platform capabilities. You will manage the full software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring, while applying cloud-native architecture principles to enhance system resilience. Your daily work involves building AI-driven applications, designing automation solutions to reduce developer friction, and conducting rigorous system design reviews. You will utilize a technical stack including Java, Python, TypeScript, Go, and Groovy to support GitHub integrations, ArgoCD workflows using Helm and Kustomize, SonarQube code analysis, and Concord pipeline automation. This role solves critical infrastructure problems by managing on-premise and cloud migrations to improve enterprise-wide engineering pipelines.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Design and deliver scalable platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and frameworks.
Lead full software development lifecycle activities including coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Apply cloud-native architecture principles to build resilient and agile systems.
Develop automation solutions to reduce developer friction and eliminate recurring support issues.
Build AI-driven applications and integrate components to support automation and multi-step reasoning.
Conduct system design reviews to validate technical feasibility and architectural best practices.
Mentor engineers and influence technical decisions through documentation and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and track success metrics.
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.
Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, microservices, containers, automation, and SRE practices.
Strong proficiency in Java with hands-on experience in Python, TypeScript, Go, and Groovy.
Experience with GitHub integrations, APIs, webhooks, OIDC, ArgoCD (Helm, Kustomize, YAML), SonarQube, and Concord.
Proven experience across the full SDLC including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance.
Ability to conduct system design reviews and apply software design patterns to ensure quality and maintainability.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience (preferred).
Cloud-native Architecture
Python
Java
C++
JavaScript
Microservices
Containers
CI/CD
AI/ML
System Design
API Design
Software Development Lifecycle
Software Design Patterns
WCAG) 2.2 AA