Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Be the Force Behind Global Retail’s Next Leap At Walmart Global Tech, a single decision can improve the lives of millions. We’re not just coding; we’re changing how the world shops, eats, and saves. As we drive innovation across our international eCommerce experiences, we’re searching for a Distinguished Engineer to architect the future of shopping, inspire the next generation of engineering excellence, and leave a lasting mark on Walmart’s global journey.
About the Role As a Distinguished Engineer in the Purchase domain, you’ll operate at the intersection of scale, complexity, and impact. You’ll drive the technology vision and architecture for our Cart, Checkout, Promotions, Order Amends, and Frontend Platform teams—spanning both frontend and backend. Your leadership will enable world-class engineering solutions for hundreds of millions of customers across multiple countries and markets.
This is not just another engineering job. This is your opportunity to:
- Set the blueprint for scalable, resilient, and high-performing platforms.
- Influence technical strategy across domains that power the core of Walmart’s digital business.
- Mentor, elevate, and inspire principal engineers, architects, and engineering managers globally.
- Champion a culture of innovation, inclusion, and technical excellence at scale.
What You’ll Do
- Architect for Scale: Design and evolve the technical architecture for highly scalable microservices and modern frontend applications (React, Node.js, GraphQL, Java, Spring Boot, NoSQL, Kafka, Azure).
- Drive Cross-Domain Vision: Set and align architectural direction across Cart, Checkout, Promotions, Order Amends, and Platform, ensuring seamless integration and a unified customer experience.
- Lead by Influence: Guide and mentor principal engineers, architects, and managers. Be a trusted advisor, shaping best practices, technical direction, and major design decisions.
- Foster Engineering Excellence: Build frameworks, standards, and tools that raise the bar for code quality, reliability, and operational excellence across all teams.
- Champion Innovation: Lead technical explorations, evaluate emerging technologies, and incubate solutions that future-proof our business.
- Cultivate a Culture of Collaboration: Partner closely with product, UX, program management, and global engineering teams. Build an environment of psychological safety, learning, and respect for diverse perspectives.
- Ensure Resilience and Security: Embed security, performance, and fault-tolerance into every layer of the stack—from the cloud to the customer’s screen.
- Deliver Business Impact: Own and deliver solutions that move critical business metrics, unlock growth, and create best-in-class digital retail experiences for millions.
**What You'll Bring: **
- Proven Technical Mastery: 16+ years of experience building and scaling complex systems across both frontend and backend. Deep expertise in microservices, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern web frameworks.
- Strategic Vision: Demonstrated ability to define and execute cross-domain technical strategy in large, matrixed organizations.
- Inspiring Leadership: Track record of mentoring senior engineers, leading design forums, and driving engineering culture at scale.
- Architectural Depth: Mastery of technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, React, GraphQL, NoSQL (Cassandra/MongoDB), Kafka, and Azure Cloud.
- Holistic Mindset: Strong design sensibility and attention to detail; passion for user experience, operational excellence, and business outcomes.
- Inclusive Collaboration: Ability to bring together diverse perspectives, foster psychological safety, and build high-performing global teams.
- Communication Excellence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to executive audiences, architects, and engineering teams alike.
About Walmart Global Tech Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Walmart's culture is a competitive advantage, and its fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates. Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.
Benefits: Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
__Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. __
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master’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, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location...
640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.