Position Summary...We are looking for a highly technical and customer-focused Senior Partner Engineer (also known as a Solutions Engineer) to help external developers successfully integrate with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem. This role requires a strong engineering foundation, hands-on coding abilities, and the business/product acumen needed to work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams. You will guide partners through onboarding, integration, optimization, and long-term success while contributing directly to platform improvements that drive API adoption and partner satisfaction.
What you'll do...About the Team: We are looking for a highly technical and customer-focused Senior Partner Engineer to help external developers successfully integrate with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem.
**Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for thisposition*What You'll Do:- Work directly with external developers, solution providers, and partners to guide them through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem
- Troubleshoot integration issues, debug API requests/responses, and provide hands-on technical guidance
- Provide architectural recommendations, best practices, and reference implementations to help partners build reliable, scalable integrations
- Optimize partner resource utilization (compute efficiency, rate limits, data usage, etc.) to ensure performant and cost-effective integration
- Develop tools, dashboards, and metrics to monitor integration health, API usage, error patterns, and adoption trends
- Identify systemic integration gaps and work with engineering and product teams to address them
- Build automation and diagnostics to proactively surface developer friction points or API contract inconsistencies
- Collaborate with Marketplace core engineering teams to design foundational systems, SDKs, and integration patterns that improve API adoption and developer experience
- Provide real-world feedback from external developers to influence API design, documentation, and roadmap priorities
- Contribute to sample apps, libraries, documentation improvements, and developer tooling that streamline partner integration
- Partner with product managers to shape API capabilities, onboarding flows, and developer-facing features
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure partner needs, Marketplace goals, and platform capabilities are aligned
- Advocate for the partner/developer voice across the organization and help prioritize initiatives that reduce friction and improve satisfaction
What You'll Bring: - 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, solutions engineering, or developer relations
- Strong hands-on coding skills with proficiency in Java, NodeJS, Rust, or similar backend development languages
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, authentication/authorization flows, and distributed system fundamentals
- Experience debugging complex integration issues involving API gateways, backend services, or data pipelines
- Ability to translate technical details into clear guidance for external developers with varying levels of expertise
- Familiarity with cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tooling
- Strong product mindset and ability to evaluate tradeoffs between engineering needs, developer experience, and business outcomes
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 duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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...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.
