Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
30 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $173,137–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $194k 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 724 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 593 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

JOB TITLE: (USA) Staff, Software Engineer The Staff Software Engineer joins the international last mile engineering team to provide technical leadership in designing and building scalable, resilient, and highly available services. You will shape the platform’s technical direction by establishing reusable architectural patterns and building foundational capabilities for a multi-tenant framework that serves as the single source of truth for Last Mile delivery capabilities across international markets. Day-to-day responsibilities include creating high-level and low-level designs, guiding teams on non-functional standards, and managing technical debt. You will utilize Java, J2EE, SpringBoot, Spring Kafka, and Microservices within a Cloud Native Architecture. Required skills include experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and either Azure or Google Cloud Platforms to solve complex distributed systems problems and manage massive data volumes.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1223 postings across 78 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable, resilient, and highly available backend services for a multi-tenant platform.
  • Establish reusable architectural patterns and foundational capabilities for international last mile delivery.
  • Create high-level and low-level designs to drive technical solutions across engineering teams.
  • Define non-functional standards and best practices to guide team execution.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using DevOps best practices and modern cloud-native technologies.
  • Prototype technical solutions and manage the development of microservices and RESTful web services.
  • Own technical debt and modernization efforts to balance long-term architecture with short-term goals.
  • Participate in hiring and building high-performing agile engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in the design and development of highly scalable distributed applications and platforms, particularly for multi-tenant, SaaS products.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering.
  • 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
  • Proficiency in Java/J2EE, Microservices, and Cloud Native Architecture.
  • Hands-on experience in Microservices and RESTful web services development using Java SpringBoot, Spring Kafka, or equivalent frameworks.
  • In-depth knowledge of Cloud Native Architecture, Microservice Architecture, and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of at least one of Azure or Google Cloud Platforms.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering (preferred).

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