Walmart offers a flexible hybrid work setup and a role designed for engineers who want to build scalable platform capabilities that support the business. This position pairs competitive pay with incentive awards and performance-based bonus opportunities, along with comprehensive benefits including health coverage, paid time off, parental and family care leave, disability support, and education funding through Live Better U.
As a Staff, Software Engineer, you will lead development and delivery across infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. You will guide work through the full software lifecycle, apply cloud-native architecture principles, and help raise technical quality through system design reviews and mentorship. The work includes building AI-driven applications that integrate ML components and automation features, plus collaborating across teams to translate user problems into actionable technical requirements.
What you’ll do
- Deliver platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks, aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
- Own full software development lifecycle activities: coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Apply cloud-native architecture principles to create scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
- Lead system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure alignment with architectural best practices.
- Build AI-driven applications that integrate ML components and automation features.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence.
- Collaborate across teams to define user problems and translate them into actionable technical requirements.
- Use data-driven practices to track success metrics and optimize development processes.
What you’ll bring
- Extensive software development experience with proficiency in one or more languages such as JavaScript, Python, Java, Rust, Dart, and C++.
- Strong object-oriented programming skills, plus experience with code review, debugging, and documentation-based coding practices.
- Proven ability to deliver scoped features and models using iterative development and continuous integration.
- Skills in integrating AI/ML components and leveraging generative AI tools to enhance software solutions.
- Demonstrated capability designing scalable, secure, and maintainable systems aligned to business objectives.
- Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and technical ownership.
Education and experience
- Minimum qualification (Option 1): Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area, and 4 years of software engineering experience or related area.
- Minimum qualification (Option 2): 6 years of software engineering experience or related area.
- Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field and 2 years of software engineering experience or related area.
- Walmart also values experience creating inclusive digital experiences, including knowledge implementing WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility into development.
Location and work style
Bentonville, AR (hybrid)
Primary location: 2608 Se J St, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, United States of America
Compensation and benefits
Salary range: USD 110,000 - 220,000 per year.
- Incentive awards for performance; performance-based bonus awards
- Competitive pay; stock (additional compensation for certain positions); stock purchase
- Health benefits, including medical, vision and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- PTO (including sick leave) and flexible time-off options such as jury duty and voting
- Maternity and parental leave; parental leave; family care leave
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Military Leave Pay
- Company discounts
- Bereavement
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)