(usa) Staff, Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bellevue, WA

Staff Software Engineer to lead the development and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. This role involves driving the full software lifecycle, applying cloud-native architecture principles, and ensuring high-quality system design. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across functions to translate complex business needs into actionable solutions. A strong focus on innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement is essential to support Walmart’s technology goals and enhance overall platform performance.

What you'd actually do

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

Skills

Required

  • cloud-native architecture
  • microservices
  • containers
  • automation
  • software development lifecycle management
  • coding
  • testing
  • CI/CD deployment
  • maintenance
  • system design reviews
  • API design
  • software prototyping
  • software design patterns
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • C++
  • leadership
  • mentoring engineers
  • technical decisions
  • data-driven approach
  • problem definition
  • metrics tracking
  • continuous engineering improvement
  • collaboration
  • communication skills

Nice to have

  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2

What the JD emphasized

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

Other signals

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