Senior Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Lead

Walmart Global Tech; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid maternity and parental leave

PTO

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Company discounts

Military leave pay

Adoption and surrogacy expense reimb

Live Better U education program

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build high-performance, distributed systems at scale. You will lead cross-functional projects, drive the technical vision, and mentor engineers while investigating root causes for critical business and production issues.

The role emphasizes leadership across teams, scalable architecture, and hands-on coding in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Go, C, C++, or Java.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Expertise in cloud platforms and network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance, distributed systems at scale.
• Lead cross-functional projects and drive technical vision.
• Mentor engineers and conduct root cause analysis for critical issues.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Layer 4 orchestration

Layer 7 orchestration

Load balancing

HTTP proxies

Caches

Azure

Go

DevOps

TCP

HTTP

C

C++

Java

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Azure

Job description

Walmart Global Tech is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build high-performance, distributed systems at scale. You will lead cross-functional projects, drive the technical vision, and mentor engineers while investigating root causes for critical business and production issues.

The role emphasizes leadership across teams, scalable architecture, and hands-on coding in a fast-paced environment.