Staff Data Engineer — Privacy & De-Identification Pipelines

Walmart; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discount Card

Live Better U

401(k)

Stock purchase

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Staff Data Engineer in Sunnyvale to design scalable data solutions across multiple domains, building and optimizing data pipelines while ensuring data quality and regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions, focusing on privacy, de-identification, and tokenization pipelines.

The role emphasizes cloud platforms, automation, and advanced data modeling to empower data-driven decision-making across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
• 6 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
• Master's degree in CS and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
• 3 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, BI, or analytics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Operate and evolve our de-identification and tokenization pipelines running on on-prem/vendor platforms via CLI-driven workflows.
• Build transformations and joins that adjust data granularity to meet risk thresholds.
• Own daily/weekly refresh cycles feeding internal analytics and external pharma partners.
• Translate HIPAA, DGC, and Expert Determination requirements into engineering controls with Legal/Privacy/Compliance.
• Implement data governance practices ensuring regulatory and ethical standards.
• Automate workflows and optimize ETL processes using modern tools and cloud platforms.
• Conduct data quality assessments and metadata management.

Skills

Data engineering

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

ETL frameworks

CI/CD

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Apache Kafka

REST APIs

Git

Job description

Walmart is seeking a Staff Data Engineer in Sunnyvale to design scalable data solutions across multiple domains, building and optimizing data pipelines while ensuring data quality and regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions, focusing on privacy, de-identification, and tokenization pipelines.

The role emphasizes cloud platforms, automation, and advanced data modeling to empower data-driven decision-making across