Staff Software Engineer: Cloud-Native AI Platform Leader

Walmart Inc.; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase

Paid time off

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities with a focus on cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through data-driven decision making.

As part of Walmart Data Ventures, you will collaborate across teams to translate complex requirements into actionable solutions and ensure high-quality, maintainable software aligned with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience leading full SDLC and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Java, SQL/NoSQL, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones.
• Lead full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
• Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and alignment with best practices.
• Build AI-driven applications and integrate ML components to support automation.
• Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and track success metrics using data-driven practices.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Code review

Debugging

SDLC leadership

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices

Containerization

Mentoring engineers

Java

SQL/NoSQL

Kafka

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Kubernetes

Maven

BigQuery

Python

Scala

Spark

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

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Kafka

Kubernetes

Maven

Spark

Scala

Python

BigQuery

Google Cloud

Job description

Walmart is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities with a focus on cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through data-driven decision making.

As part of Walmart Data Ventures, you will collaborate across teams to translate complex requirements into actionable solutions and ensure high-quality, maintainable software aligned with business objectives.