Senior Software Engineer - Scalable Microservices

Walmart Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off and parental leave

Education assistance

Job summary

Walmart Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead design and implementation of distributed systems and microservices using Java, Golang and Scala.

You will drive high-availability, high-performance solutions and contribute to telemetry, testing strategy, and CI/CD practices. The role requires strong architectural skills, experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra/DB2, and a track record of delivering scalable software.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology Management, or related area and 3 years of experience in software engineering (or equivalent).
• Bachelor's degree in related field and 5 years of post-bachelor's progressively responsible experience in software engineering or related area.

Responsibilities

• Explore software products and solutions to address business and technical needs.
• Assess gaps between customer expectations and existing software products and solutions.
• Create user stories for software components and complex features.
• Translate requirements into test strategy and plan testing.
• Drive implementation of telemetry features and data collection across domains.
• Design MVPs and refine designs to address defects and changing requirements.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices design

Java

Golang

Scala

REST APIs

Kafka

Cassandra/DB2

Kubernetes

Code reviews

DevOps CI/CD

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years experience

Tools

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Cassandra/DB2

REST tooling

CI/CD tools

Job description

Walmart Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead design and implementation of distributed systems and microservices using Java, Golang and Scala.

You will drive high-availability, high-performance solutions and contribute to telemetry, testing strategy, and CI/CD practices. The role requires strong architectural skills, experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra/DB2, and a track record of delivering scalable software.