(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart

Actively hiring Posted this week
Sunnyvale, CA Posted 6 days ago $143,000–$286,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Staff Software Engineer on Walmart Advertising's technology team, you will lead the test engineering strategy for AI-powered advertising systems, including ML model validation and real-time bidding infrastructure. Your day-to-day responsibilities include architecting scalable test frameworks, embedding quality checks throughout the development lifecycle, and defining quality gates in CI/CD pipelines. You will also work on data pipeline testing at scale, develop automated evaluation frameworks for GenAI components, and partner with data scientists to validate algorithmic experiments. The role requires expertise in designing test automation frameworks, deep knowledge of data pipeline quality, and experience with AI/ML system testing. Preferred skills include familiarity with GCP data platforms, performance testing, MLOps tooling, and privacy compliance. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies at Walmart scale, ensuring high-quality systems for shopper intent understanding and ad optimization.

Skills

Python Pytest Selenium Appium BigQuery Spark Kafka SQL CI/CD MLOps MLflow VertexAI GenAI LLM GCP Dataflow Pub/Sub GraphQL PrivacyTesting PerformanceTesting LoadTesting ChaosEngineering ShadowTesting A/BExperimentValidation SLOs Observability QualityFrameworks SDETStandards

What you'll do

  • Architect and own enterprise-scale test automation frameworks for APIs, data pipelines, UI, and services layers.
  • Drive shift-left quality by embedding automated checks at every stage of the development lifecycle.
  • Define and enforce quality gates in CI/CD pipelines for major platform changes.
  • Lead data pipeline testing at scale, including ETL/ELT validation and schema governance.
  • Own test strategy for AI/ML systems, ensuring model validation and algorithmic fairness testing.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in quality/test engineering with at least 3 years as a Staff or Principal SDET in large-scale systems.
  • Proven expertise in testing AI/ML systems, including model validation and data quality for ML training datasets.
  • Expert-level experience designing test automation frameworks for APIs, data pipelines, and services layers.
  • Deep knowledge of data pipeline quality, including ETL/ELT validation and schema governance at scale.
  • Strong experience testing event-driven and asynchronous systems like Kafka pipelines and REST APIs.

Employer

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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