Staff Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bentonville, AR
Salary
$110,000–$220,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
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Below market

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This role pays less than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $170,987–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

As a (USA) Staff, Software Engineer, you will join the Payroll Modernization Team to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable SAP platform capabilities. You will drive the full software lifecycle by applying cloud-native architecture principles to enhance system resilience and agility. Your daily responsibilities include building and enhancing payroll features such as calculations, retroactive accounting, taxation, garnishments, and benefits deductions. You will configure and optimize payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, and processing frameworks. The role requires expertise in SAP HCM Payroll, SAP Employee Central Payroll, BSI TaxFactory, SuccessFactors, Workday, ServiceNow, and SAP Finance. You will solve complex business problems by ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing for a large workforce while simplifying legacy systems and integrating diverse enterprise applications.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and enhance payroll capabilities across SAP Payroll for enterprise-scale processing.
  • Lead the implementation of features including calculations, retroactive accounting, taxation, and benefits deductions.
  • Configure and optimize payroll schemas, PCRs, wage types, and payroll processing frameworks.
  • Drive the full software lifecycle using cloud-native architecture principles to enhance system resilience.
  • Translate complex business needs into actionable technical solutions for the payroll modernization program.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.
  • Integrate payroll solutions with platforms like SuccessFactors, Workday, SAP Finance, and banking systems.

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 or related area.
  • Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area (preferred).
  • Strong expertise in U.S. payroll localization domains including BSI TaxFactory, U.S. Taxation, Retroactive Accounting, Garnishments, Benefits Processing, Off-Cycle Payroll, and Year-End Processing.
  • Hands-on experience with SAP HCM Payroll and/or SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP), including schema design, PCR development, wage type configuration, and troubleshooting.
  • Strong understanding of U.S. payroll tax regulations, including multi-state taxation, reciprocity agreements, resident/non-resident taxation, supplemental wage processing, and wage attachments.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering integrated payroll solutions involving platforms such as SuccessFactors, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP Finance (FI/CO), banking systems, tax providers, and benefits vendors.
  • Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and accessibility best practices (preferred).

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