(USA) Senior, Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) & stock purchase

PTO & leave

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart Data Ventures seeks a Senior Software Engineer to help build platform, automation, observability, and reliability practices powering Data Ventures. You’ll champion DevOps and own service reliability end-to-end, building GenAI-powered tooling for faster incident resolution and superior customer support.

You’ll join the Site Reliability Engineering team driving platform reliability, AI-driven automation, and self-healing capabilities at scale, collaborating across teams to meet 24x7

Qualifications

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area.

Responsibilities

• Build AI, GenAI, and agentic-powered platform capabilities - intelligent developer tooling, workflow automation, agentic services, and AI-assisted operational tooling (monitoring, incident triage, capacity planning)
• Own platform reliability, scalability, and observability - SLOs, distributed tracing, alerting, and incident response for the services you build
• Drive automation and AI-powered reliability - building self-healing systems that reduce manual intervention
• Establish and continuously improve SRE standards across Data Ventures - unified dashboards, automation frameworks, observability practices, and incident management
• Drive tight SLAs, reduce incident volume, and build resilience across 24x7 site coverage
• Partner cross-functionally to accelerate Customer Support Excellence through automation and AI

Skills

Distributed systems

SRE principles

AI/GenAI

Automation

Observability

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-code

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IS or related

5 years software engineering experience

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Monitoring/Observability tools

Job description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...Role summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer at Walmart, you will help build the platform, automation, observability, and reliability practices that power Data Ventures. You'll champion DevOps and operational excellence practices, own service reliability end-to-end, and build AI/GenAI-powered tooling that drives faster incident resolution and a best-in-class customer support experience.

About the team:

Walmart Data Ventures unlocks the value of Walmart's data through scalable B2B solutions that empower merchants and suppliers with actionable insights for better decision-making.

Within Data Ventures, the Site Reliability Engineering team drives platform reliability, scalability, incident management, customer support, and operational excellence. By combining software engineering, AI integration, and platform expertise, we build intelligent automation, AI-powered agents, and self-healing reliability capabilities that accelerate incident resolution, reduce operational toil, and strengthen service reliability - delivering a seamless customer experience and reliable technology solutions at scale.

What you’ll do

• Build AI, GenAI, and agentic-powered platform capabilities - intelligent developer tooling, workflow automation, agentic services, and AI-assisted operational tooling (monitoring, incident triage, capacity planning)
• Own platform reliability, scalability, and observability - SLOs, distributed tracing, alerting, and incident response for the services you build
• Drive automation and AI-powered reliability - building self-healing systems that reduce manual intervention
• Establish and continuously improve SRE standards across Data Ventures - unified dashboards, automation frameworks, observability practices, and incident management
• Drive tight SLAs, reduce incident volume, and build resilience across 24x7 site coverage
• Partner cross-functionally to accelerate Customer Support Excellence through automation and AI

What you’ll bring

• Strong software engineering skills with experience developing and operating reliable, scalable distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
• Solid understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs/SLOs, observability, alerting and incident management
• Hands-on experience applying AI/GenAI and agentic technologies to reliability engineering, self-healing systems, intelligent incident response, and AI-powered customer support agents.
• Experience building automation and observability solutions to accelerate incident resolution and improve service reliability.
• Proficiency in programming, cloud platforms, microservices, data pipelines, containers, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code.
• Demonstrated ability to drive the full SDLC, including CI/CD, testing, code reviews, deployment automation, production monitoring, and debugging.
• Strong ownership and problem-solving skills to reduce toil, improve reliability, and enhance customer experience.

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.

Sunnyvale, California US-11657: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00

Bellevue, Washington US-11663: The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00 - $264,000.00

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 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 5 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 1 year's 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

1275 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1103, 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.