Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary: Join Walmart as a Distinguished Software Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems. This role requires translating domain strategies into reliable system implementations while driving operational excellence through technical leadership and mentorship. You will oversee the full software development lifecycle, champion DevOps practices, and ensure high-quality, resilient services. Collaborating across teams, you will identify improvement opportunities, resolve architectural challenges, and promote continuous innovation aligned with enterprise standards. This position demands strong technical judgment, adaptability, and a commitment to delivering impactful solutions that support Walmart's business objectives.
About the team: Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) Technology delivers scalable fulfillment solutions for third-party sellers by integrating transportation, inventory, warehouse operations, billing, and delivery. The team connects Marketplace with Walmart's supply chain, collaborating closely with Product, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, and Transportation partners. Combining the agility of a growth business with the scale of a global retailer, the team drives innovation and expands fulfillment capabilities into new models and international markets. This environment emphasizes technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration to develop impactful solutions that enhance the seller fulfillment experience.
What you'll do: - Be a deeply hands-on technical leader, write production-quality code, build automated tests, and take implementations all the way production deployment.
- Lead design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered software systems and intelligent automation solutions.
- Translate domain-level strategies into system-level implementations, ensuring architectural integrity and reliability.
- Drive operational excellence through technical guidance, code reviews, and strategic architectural decisions.
- Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices to ensure resilient, observable, and performant services.
- Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of innovation, high standards, and continuous learning.
- Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, automate manual processes, and improve developer experience.
- Collaborate effectively across teams, communicating complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.
What you'll bring: - Demonstrated hands-on coding expertise with strong current coding practice, and the ability and willingness to own deep, end-to-end implementation, from detailed design and production code through automated quality, production deployment.
- Extensive experience leading the design and development of scalable, cloud-native software systems and AI-powered solutions.
- Strong expertise in operational excellence, including DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and incident management.
- Demonstrated skill in driving continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks and automating manual processes.
- Exceptional problem-solving and debugging capabilities with a focus on platform design and development.
- Effective collaboration and mentorship skills to foster engineering excellence across teams.
- Sound technical judgment with adaptability to evolving technologies and business needs.
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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 6 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 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 4 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...2608 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America
