STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart Global Tech India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive awards

Health benefits

Maternity and parental leave

PTO

Job summary

A leading global technology firm is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) in Chennai to lead the development of scalable, cloud-native platforms for Talent Acquisition technology. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, and experience in Agile development. You will set technical direction, design microservices, and mentor other engineers while ensuring operational excellence. This role offers competitive compensation and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend and frontend expertise with relevant technologies.
• Experience in Agile environments with problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture & technical direction for systems.
• Design and develop scalable microservices.
• Collaborate with Product and business teams for technical solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

TypeScript

Python

Agile environments

CI/CD

Kafka

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

About the Team

Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a core pillar of Walmart Global Tech, powering the systems behind millions of daily interactions across Finance, People, Associate Digital Experience, and Talent.

From the moment an associate logs in, to a customer making a purchase, to seamless hiring journeys—EBS ensures the business runs reliably, securely, and at scale.

We’re building next‑generation intelligent platforms that power global operations across multiple markets. Join us to solve complex engineering challenges and shape the future of Walmart’s enterprise ecosystem.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) to lead architecture, development, and delivery of highly scalable, cloud‑native platforms for our Talent Acquisition technology domain. In this role, you will:

• Set technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Design and develop high‑throughput, highly available microservices and front‑end applications.
• Influence platform architecture, standards, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices across squads.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture & technical direction for large‑scale full‑stack systems (Java/Spring Boot + React/TypeScript).
• Define API strategy, domain models, UI architecture, and integration patterns across services.
• Drive standardization on secure coding, API contracts, versioning, CI/CD, and observability.

System Design & Development

• Build and evolve resilient, fault‑tolerant, cloud‑native microservices with strong SLAs.
• Develop responsive, accessible, and modular frontend applications using React & TypeScript.
• Own non‑functional requirements: performance, scalability, reliability, cost efficiency, DR.

Platform Engineering

• Implement cloud‑native patterns on Kubernetes; ensure strong security posture (OAuth2/OIDC).
• Build monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing frameworks for operational excellence.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with Product, UX, and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Lead complex initiatives across squads: breaking down work, unblocking teams, ensuring quality.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring & building a strong engineering culture.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with ownership of production systems.
• Strong backend expertise: Java (17+), Python, Spring Boot, REST, microservice architecture.
• Strong frontend expertise: React, TypeScript, testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, consistency, resiliency patterns.
• Solid skills in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to public cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) and Kubernetes.
• Experience in Agile environments with strong problem‑solving and communication skills.
• Experience with Kafka or event‑driven architectures.
• Exposure to GraphQL, API gateways, schema governance.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, or similar data stores.
• Understanding of machine learning, search systems, or information retrieval.
• Background in enterprise domains: HR tech, workflow systems, finance/operations.
• Good understanding or experience in AI/ML ecosystem.

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. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.

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.

This role is based in our Bangalore/Chennai office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best‑in‑class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

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 welcoming of all people.

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

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.

Primary Location

TOWER 1, PART OF 1ST,2ND TO 4TH FLRS, SY NO. 141/14A, 200FT(RADIAL ROAD), ZAMIN PALLAVARAM, INTL TECH PARK, India R-2421998