Overview
The Enterprise Safety and Security team under Global Governance at Walmart plays a critical role in safeguarding the world’s largest retail ecosystem. Operating at the intersection of innovation and security, our team designs and delivers platforms that enforce compliance, ensure secure access, and build scalable solutions. We partner with business, product, and technology teams to embed security into every layer of Walmart’s digital operations—proactively addressing vulnerabilities, aligning with evolving regulations, and enabling the business to scale confidently and securely. The team is actively exploring and applying cutting-edge Generative AI and agentic technologies to drive automation, intelligent risk mitigation, and adaptive security frameworks across the enterprise.
What you’ll do
As a Staff Engineer, you will lead small teams of engineers—including offshore associates—in delivering complex engineering projects. You will provide technical direction, architectural guidance, and solution reviews; identify and implement scalable and maintainable system designs; and conduct design and code reviews. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot production issues through root cause analysis, and support innovation by defining technical strategies and best practices. You will also partner with product management, UX, and business stakeholders to drive discovery, solution validation, and delivery of high-impact projects across the organization.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams of engineers across geographies.
- Review and approve technical solutions, code changes, and architectural patterns.
- Troubleshoot critical production and business issues; lead root cause analysis and resolution efforts.
- Drive high-level design in partnership with Product, UX, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
- Define and implement innovation strategies, engineering best practices, and scalable processes.
- Translate business and functional requirements into technical solutions for complex projects.
- Write and review code, conduct unit testing, and lead defect triage and resolution.
- Communicate project status, risks, and technical decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
- Ensure timely delivery of project milestones and effective hand-offs between teams.
- Guide discovery, scoping, and planning for long-term initiatives; influence decision-making at all levels.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience in Computer Science or related field.
- Deep knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture and experience implementing RESTful Web Services.
- Strong in Java programming and JVM internals (concurrency, multi-threading).
- Solid design and coding skills in Java and/or Spring framework.
- Extensive hands-on experience building services using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JAX.
- Strong computer science knowledge in algorithms, data structures, database concepts and SQL technologies.
- Experience with storage technologies such as Cosmos DB, Elastic Search, Hive, Cassandra, Hadoop and Kafka is a plus.
- Extensive hands-on cloud development experience.
- Knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, AJAX, GraphQL, React Native, React, Redux, Webpack and Node is a plus.
- Experience in building scalable/highly available distributed systems in production.
- Understanding of stream processing with knowledge of Kafka.
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices with experience implementing CI/CD, log aggregation/monitoring/alerting for production systems.
- Strong production support experience (issue identification, resolution).
- Experience using AI tools to improve developer productivity in creating applications.
- Experience with AI, Gen AI, agentic AI, LLMs, and creating chatbots.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Walmart Global Tech is a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. We are people-led and tech-empowered, investing in associates and helping you grow. Roles range from early opportunities to defining career-defining work.
Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, fostered by collaboration in person to innovate with speed. Our hubs are globally distributed, with primary locations in Bentonville, AR, and hubs in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York/New Jersey.
Benefits
Beyond a competitive compensation package, Walmart offers incentives based on performance. Benefits include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and more. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for associates, with coverage for programs from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Eligibility applies and benefits may vary by plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
Primary Location
840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA , United States of America
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