Distinguished Software Engineer - AI & Cloud-Native Leader

Walmart Global Tech; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 338,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Stock purchase plan

401(k)

Paid time off

Education benefits

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Distinguished Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems. You will translate strategies into system-level implementations, champion reliability, and provide technical leadership while mentoring engineers across teams.

You will collaborate with product and business teams to ensure architectural integrity and operational excellence, driving innovation and measurable impact across Walmart’s marketplaces platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering leadership or distinguished senior roles.
• Proven track record delivering cloud-native AI-powered systems at scale.
• Strong communication and collaboration across product, engineering, and business teams.
• Experience driving reliability and DevOps practices across large platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems and automation solutions.
• Translate domain-level strategies into system-level implementations, ensuring architectural integrity.
• Champion DevOps and CI/CD to maintain operational readiness and performance.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural decisions, and incident analysis.
• Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of high standards and continuous learning.
• Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, and automate processes to improve velocity and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.

Skills

Cloud-native architecture

AI/ML systems

Technical leadership

CI/CD & DevOps

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Python

Tools

Python

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Distinguished Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems. You will translate strategies into system-level implementations, champion reliability, and provide technical leadership while mentoring engineers across teams.

You will collaborate with product and business teams to ensure architectural integrity and operational excellence, driving innovation and measurable impact across Walmart’s marketplaces platform.