Staff, Software Engineer - Full Stack

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Stock purchase plan

Paid parental leave

PTO

Health plans

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as the technical backbone of our cross-border commerce platform. You will design cross-service architectures, set engineering standards, and translate complex business challenges into scalable systems that power international trade at scale.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive a high-performance culture, and collaborate with product and leadership to align roadmaps with feasibility, reliability, and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of software engineering experience (or 6 years as an alternative).
• Master’s degree and WCAG accessibility knowledge (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-service architecture and system design for cross-border platforms.
• Set and enforce coding standards, testing practices, and API design principles.
• Assess roadmap feasibility and guide build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions with PMs.
• Own production readiness, SLOs/SLAs, and observability across services.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive high-performance engineering culture.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Commerce domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/related

Master's degree in CS/CE (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

GCP

Azure

Job description

Position Summary

Join Walmart Global Tech as a Staff Software Engineer and become the technical backbone of our cross-border commerce platform. In this role within our Growth Tech Marketplace organization, you'll design cross-service architectures, set engineering standards across squads, and translate complex business challenges into scalable, production-grade systems that power international trade at Walmart scale.

About Team

Our team creates reusable technologies to help with customer acquisition, onboarding, and empowering merchants, while ensuring a seamless experience for both of these stakeholders. We also optimize tariffs and assortment in accordance with Walmart's Everyday Low Cost philosophy. We not only create affordability, but we also deliver customized experiences for customers across all channels - in-store, mobile app, and websites.

What you'll do

Lead Cross-Service Architecture & System Design

Own the end-to-end technical design of cross-border trade systems — including seller onboarding, order orchestration, compliance, and payments infrastructure — establishing reusable architectural patterns across multiple squads that are reliable, observable, and built to scale globally.

Set and Enforce Engineering Standards

Define and drive adoption of coding standards, testing practices, SDLC compliance (SonarQube, Snyk, Gatekeeper quality gates), and API design principles across CBT engineering teams — raising the collective bar through documentation, design reviews, and active mentorship.

Partner with Product & Engineering Leadership on Technical Feasibility

Collaborate with PMs and Engineering Managers to assess roadmap feasibility, surface technical risks early, and guide build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions — translating ambiguous business requirements into well-scoped, executable engineering plans.

Own Non-Functional Requirements & Production Readiness

Lead production readiness reviews; define and own SLOs/SLAs for critical cross-border services; drive observability, incident response preparedness, and capacity planning across the platform to ensure resilience and uptime at Walmart scale.

Mentor Senior Engineers & Drive a High-Performance Engineering Culture

Actively mentor and grow Senior Software Engineers (L5); lead architecture working groups and communities of practice; champion AI-augmented development (Wibey, GitHub Copilot) as a team multiplier within CBT squads.

What you'll bring

Distributed Systems & Cloud-Native Architecture Expertise

Deep, hands-on experience designing and operating scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems — microservices, event-driven architecture, message queuing, and cloud-native platforms (Kubernetes/WCNP, GCP/Azure) — ideally in e-commerce or marketplace environments.

System Thinking Across Service Boundaries

Ability to reason across multiple services and teams simultaneously — identifying cross-cutting concerns (shared data models, consistency guarantees, API contracts, observability) and making holistic design decisions that improve the

Technical Leadership & Multi-Squad Influence

Track record of driving technical alignment across multiple squads without direct authority — through strong communication, credibility, and the ability to build consensus on engineering standards, architectural decisions, and delivery trade-offs.

Commerce Domain Knowledge

Working familiarity with e-commerce or marketplace platform challenges — seller integrations, order lifecycle management, international compliance, multi-currency handling, and cross-border logistics — enabling sound, domain-aware architectural decision

Operational Excellence & Reliability Mindset

Strong orientation toward production quality — experience owning SLOs, leading incident retrospectives, building observability into system design (metrics, logging, tracing), and proactively addressing technical debt before it becomes customer impact.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates. Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.