Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable, High-Impact APIs

Walmart Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid maternity and parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Walmart Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Software Engineer to build personalized, high-impact digital experiences for millions of users. You’ll develop scalable, high-performance applications that drive engagement and customer value.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, working with data, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment, this is a great opportunity to make an impact. Join a team focused on customer experience, store operations, and data-driven personalization across digital and

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• We value candidates with accessibility knowledge and scalable system experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality features with resiliency and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements.
• Improve application quality through accessibility, usability, and performance optimisation.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, development standards, and tooling.
• Design and deploy cloud-based solutions on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Partner with engineering teams to enhance system performance and stability.
• Ensure secure coding practices and compliance with security standards.
• Work within an Agile development environment.
• Execute testing strategies and support regression testing.
• Participate in design and discovery phases with product, UX, and business teams.
• Optimize frontend performance using debugging and analytics tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git and Jenkins.
• Apply SEO best practices and modern debugging techniques.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Backend engineering

Transactional systems

REST API design

DevOps mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area

Tools

Cosmos DB

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring & logging

Job description

Walmart Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Software Engineer to build personalized, high-impact digital experiences for millions of users. You’ll develop scalable, high-performance applications that drive engagement and customer value.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, working with data, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment, this is a great opportunity to make an impact. Join a team focused on customer experience, store operations, and data-driven personalization across digital and