(usa) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Sunnyvale, CA

Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. This role drives the full software lifecycle, applying cloud-native architecture principles to enhance system resilience and agility. You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across functions to translate complex business needs into actionable solutions. Emphasizing engineering excellence and innovation, you will influence architectural decisions and continuously improve processes to deliver high-quality, maintainable software aligned with strategic priorities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
  2. Lead full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, observability, and maintenance.
  3. Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
  4. Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure alignment with architectural best practices.
  5. Build AI-driven applications and integrate ML components to support automation and intelligent features.

Skills

Required

  • cloud-native architecture
  • microservices
  • containers
  • automation
  • software design patterns
  • API design
  • software prototyping
  • coding
  • testing
  • CI/CD deployment
  • observability
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • C++
  • technical leadership
  • mentoring skills
  • architectural decisions
  • data-driven decision-making
  • metrics definition
  • collaboration
  • communication

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards

What the JD emphasized

  • AI/ML frameworks
  • AI-driven applications
  • integrate ML components

Other signals

  • AI/ML frameworks
  • AI-driven applications
  • integrate ML components