Walmart

Staff, Software Engineer - Android/IOS

Walmart$143K — $286K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field with 4 years of software engineering experience, or 6 years of software engineering experience without a degree.
  • Experience in mobile development, particularly with Android and Kotlin or similar technologies.
  • Strong understanding of system design, APIs, testing, and debugging.
  • Familiarity with AI-powered development tools and concepts like LLMs and prompt engineering is a plus.
  • Ability to engage in backend services and web frontend development as needed.
  • Desire to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Build customer experiences across mobile, backend, and web platforms.
  • Leverage AI developer tools to enhance code quality and improve delivery speed.
  • Work on backend services, APIs, and Order Lifecycle systems beyond just mobile development.
  • Apply software engineering fundamentals to troubleshoot and resolve issues throughout the product stack.
  • Develop scalable features for shopping, payments, and account management.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, UX, and AI to achieve product goals.
  • Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and provide production support.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, vision, and dental.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company stock purchase options.
  • Paid time off for various purposes including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave.
  • Access to Walmart's education program covering tuition and fees for degree programs.
  • Company discounts and various forms of financial assistance.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with strong engineering fundamentals, mobile experience, and a full-stack mindset. This role is not limited to mobile frontend work. As AI-powered development becomes part of our engineering workflow, we expect engineers to use AI tools effectively to understand unfamiliar codebases, contribute across platforms, improve productivity, and deliver high-quality software across mobile, backend, and web experiences. The ideal candidate has strong problem-solving skills, understands core software design concepts, and is eager to learn new technologies. Experience with iOS or Android, backend services, APIs, and AI-assisted development is highly valuable.

About the team:
Our team develops the Walmart Business mobile app, delivering native Android and iOS experiences for business and enterprise customers. We focus on shopping, account management, payments, orders, store capabilities, personalization, and AI-powered assistance. Collaborating closely with Product, UX, Store Operations, Identity, Payments, Search, Marketing, and AI platform teams, we deliver scalable and reliable customer experiences. The team values ownership, strong engineering fundamentals, collaboration, and curiosity. Mobile engineers contribute beyond mobile, engaging in backend and web development while leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity and delivery quality.

What you'll do:
  • Build high-quality customer experiences across mobile, backend, and web platforms.
  • Use AI-powered developer tools to understand unfamiliar areas, accelerate delivery, improve testing, and raise code quality.
  • Contribute beyond mobile frontend by working on backend services, APIs, Order Lifecycle workflows, and web frontend when needed
  • Apply strong engineering fundamentals to solve problems across the full product stack.
  • Deliver scalable features for shopping, account management, orders, payments, tax-exempt, and store workflows.
  • Partner with Product, UX, platform, AI, and cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Participate in technical design, code reviews, observability, experimentation, and production support.


What you'll bring:
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, data structures, API integration, testing, debugging, and production-quality delivery.
  • Hands-on mobile development experience, preferably with Android, Kotlin, Jetpack, app architecture, performance, and testing.
  • Ability to use AI-powered developer tools to understand codebases, accelerate development, improve quality, and contribute across unfamiliar platforms.
  • Willingness to work beyond mobile frontend, including backend services, APIs, Order Lifecycle systems, and web frontend when needed.
  • Familiarity with AI concepts such as LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector search, and agentic workflows is a plus.
  • Strong ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and ability to learn quickly.


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...

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

1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

About Walmart

WalmartLabs is accelerating their development to redefine the shopping experience to meet the changing needs of our customers wherever they are —in a store, on our website, or on their mobile device.

Walmart Careers

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Size
2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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