Position Summary...
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.
Join Walmart Global Tech's Data Platform Services organization as an Edge Cloud Computing System - Staff Software Engineer to architect Edge cloud database systems that autonomously monitor, predict, and resolve issues across the world's largest retailer's technology ecosystem, impacting millions of customers and associates globally. You'll lead the transformation of traditional Database Managing/Supporting practices into cutting-edge, self-healing platforms that serve as the intelligent backbone for database administration across all of Walmart's systems, from e-commerce to stores to supply chain.
What you'll do...
Staff Software Engineer - Edge Cloud Database System
You'll be responsible for designing and building Tier 0 high-availability, resilient agentic platforms that serve as the backbone for reliability engineering across all of Walmart's systems, stores and facilities across US and international markets while defining and implementing unified, intelligent, operationally robust technical solutions and tools for all Walmart Technology organizations across all channels and geographies.
Database Architecture & Technical Leadership:
Design and architect advanced database solutions and platforms that serve as the foundation for database engineering and operations tools across Walmart's technology ecosystem
Establish technical strategies architecture patterns that enable scalability, maintainability, and performance across distributed teams
Lead the design of intelligent observability and monitoring interfaces that leverage modern UI patterns for anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and user-driven insights
Designing and building API for edge database solutions integrating operational ecosystem E2E
Engineering Excellence & Code Quality:
Design and deliver code that's readable, maintainable, testable, scalable, reusable, and efficient
Establish frontend/backend best practices including unit testing patterns, performance optimization, caching strategies, and monitoring across all database servers
Design and developing agents based on AI technologies.
Perform complex troubleshooting and analysis of frontend performance issues across large-scale distributed applications
Implement advanced CI/CD pipelines for database systems including automated deployment, validation, and rollback mechanisms with built-in observability
Introduce AI technologies to the existing operational solutions.
Strategic Innovation & Collaboration:
Partner with engineering organizations across all domains (Application partners -supply chain, Pharmacy, self-checkout application team- , Security and Compliance, Data Protection, and other infrastructure stakeholders) to deliver innovative solutions
Collaborate with cross-infrastructure teams to design effective and understandable APIs and data contracts
Work with designers and product managers to think from the customer's perspective and recommend design improvements
Drive the adoption of the latest technologies and frameworks while maintaining stability and reliability
Team Leadership & Mentorship:
Mentor fellow engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing
Lead design reviews and architectural discussions to establish technical excellence within your team
Guide engineering team on development best practices, performance optimization, and platform engineering excellence
Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the organization
What You'll Create With:
Database architecture for MariaDB, Infomrix, Postgres
Ansible, Phyton, Shellscript, Java, Javascript/@typescript, GitHub, Kubernetes, Looper
Modern frontend tooling and testing frameworks
CI/CD systems such as Jenkins
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience as a software engineer, with at least 4+ years in frontend/full-stack development
Expert-level Ansible, Phyton, and Java, Javascript/@typescript skills
Strong expertise in React and modern JavaScript frameworks
Strong understanding of containerization and experience with Kubernetes
Strong understanding building AI agents and integration to existing solutions.
Strong understanding on RDBMS Database Architecture with experience on Postgres, MariaDB
Deep understanding of caching, logging, performance tuning, and monitoring strategies
Solid understanding of the full app development life cycle
Proficiency with GitHub and version control best practices
Advanced unit testing expertise and testing frameworks
Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or equivalent
Comfortable working in a distributed team and communicating asynchronously
Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineering teams
Experience designing scalable frontend architectures for large-scale systems
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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 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 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...
2403 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72716, 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.
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
