Position Summary...About Team:
Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.
What you'll do...You'll help build the Edge Connect SDK, develop test automation and simulators, contribute to IDE-based and AI-assisted authoring experiences, and expand integrations across device protocols and enterprise systems. You'll ship product to real customers and support sustaining engineering with a pragmatic, quality-first mindset.
Please note- "Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role"
What you'll do:SDK and APIs
- Build and evolve the Edge Connect SDK and CLI (Go-first), define API contracts, versioning, and error models. Implement configuration parsing and schema validation (JSON Schema/YAML), plus docs and samples.
- Tools, Testing, and Quality
- Create protocol/device simulators, emulators, and local dev tooling for fast feedback. Set up automated tests (unit/integration), profiling, fuzzing or property-based testing where useful. Contribute to CI workflows and release automation; support sustaining engineering for shipped features.
- IDE and AI-based authoring
- Contribute to recipe authoring in IDEs (e.g., VS Code) with validation, scaffolding, and local run/debug. Explore AI-assisted flows (guardrailed generation, schema-aware suggestions, troubleshooting) as a bonus.
- Integrations and Growth
- Add new device/system integrations and expand protocol support. Deliver reference integrations and examples to accelerate adoption.
What you'll bring: Requirements
- 2-5 years of Go development experience.
- Shipped product to customers and participated in sustaining engineering.
- Comfortable with Linux shell operations and workflows.
- Competent knowledge of security protocols and primitives (e.g., AES, SHA) and their practical usage.
- Experience authoring APIs and/or CLI tools.
- Experience with test automation and/or simulation.
- Configuration parsing and schema definition experience (JSON Schema, YAML, etc.). Documentation writing experience (internal or external tools).
- Self-starter with a bias to action and learning mindset.
- Interest in learning and applying new technologies.
- MacOS development workflow familiarity preferred (not required).
- Knowledge of performance optimization and profiling.
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
- IDE tooling experience (VS Code, Goland) or developer productivity tools.
- Edge/IoT protocols (e.g., MQTT, HTTP, Websockets, etc), time series/data pipelines.
- Security at the edge (mTLS, signing, secrets management).
Expected Tool Competency
- CI (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Linux shell (including SSH and Bash)
- VS Code/GoLand or another modern IDE
- Bonus: AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) and agentic editors (Windsurf, Cursor, etc.)
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.
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 $117,000.00 - $234,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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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 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...1345 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.
