Leads the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable full-stack platform capabilities, infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. Applies cloud-native architecture, microservices, automation, API design, and software engineering best practices. Provides technical leadership through system design reviews, architectural decision-making, mentorship, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration. Builds reliable, secure, maintainable systems that support marketplace trust, seller verification, fraud prevention, compliance, and policy enforcement.
Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary:
Join Walmart as a 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, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business objectives. The position requires technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration across teams to deliver innovative, maintainable solutions. By applying cloud-native principles and data-driven practices, you will enhance engineering productivity and contribute to continuous improvement while supporting Walmart’s commitment to operational excellence and customer-focused innovation.
About the team:
The Trust Engineering team within Walmart Global Marketplace builds platforms and services that foster trust across customers, sellers, and the marketplace ecosystem. The team enables seller verification, detects and prevents fraud and abuse, supports product and seller compliance, and powers policy enforcement throughout the seller lifecycle. Collaborating with business, product, policy, and partner engineering teams, they strengthen marketplace integrity while delivering seamless experiences for legitimate sellers and customers. Using advanced engineering practices, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven solutions, the team builds scalable, reliable systems to identify risk, automate decisions, and protect the customer experience as Walmart Global Marketplace grows.
What you'll do:
What you'll bring:
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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Preferred Qualifications...
Join Walmart as a 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, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business objectives. The position requires technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration across teams to deliver innovative, maintainable solutions. By applying cloud-native principles and data-driven practices, you will enhance engineering productivity and contribute to continuous improvement while supporting Walmart’s commitment to operational excellence and customer-focused innovation.
About the team:
The Trust Engineering team within Walmart Global Marketplace builds platforms and services that foster trust across customers, sellers, and the marketplace ecosystem. The team enables seller verification, detects and prevents fraud and abuse, supports product and seller compliance, and powers policy enforcement throughout the seller lifecycle. Collaborating with business, product, policy, and partner engineering teams, they strengthen marketplace integrity while delivering seamless experiences for legitimate sellers and customers. Using advanced engineering practices, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven solutions, the team builds scalable, reliable systems to identify risk, automate decisions, and protect the customer experience as Walmart Global Marketplace grows.
What you'll do:
- Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
- Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
- Lead full software development lifecycle activities including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure quality and alignment with architectural standards.
- Build AI-driven applications integrating ML components and automation features using multiple programming languages.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements, track success metrics, and drive continuous improvement.
What you'll bring:
- 10 + years of proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation to ensure scalable and resilient systems.
- Strong experience in software development lifecycle management, encompassing coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance.
- Proficiency in API design, software prototyping, and applying software design patterns for secure, maintainable, and modular solutions.
- Demonstrated ability in platform engineering, infrastructure tooling, and AI/ML integration using languages such as JavaScript, Python, and Java.
- Skilled in data-driven decision making, problem solving, and driving engineering excellence through code quality and continuous improvement.
- Effective technical leadership and mentorship capabilities, fostering team growth and guiding architectural decisions.
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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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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 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 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 2 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...1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of AmericaWalmart 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.Walmart Global Tech Sunnyvale, California, USA Office
840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, United States, 94086
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