Staff, Software Engineer
Job description
Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The (USA) Staff, Software Engineer plays a critical role in delivering scalable platform capabilities and driving the full software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance. The role involves technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration across teams to ensure alignment with business goals and engineering excellence. The engineer applies data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement practices to enhance productivity and deliver high-quality software products. About the team: This team supports Wal*** International’s operations across more than 5,200 retail units in 23 countries, including Canada, India, Mexico, and South Africa. It delivers scalable software solutions through collaborative engineering and advanced technologies, managing the full development lifecycle from design to deployment. Focused on technical excellence, continuous improvement, and clear communication, the team ensures reliable, efficient systems that meet customer, associate, and business needs. By integrating cloud-native architecture and data-driven decision making, the team plays a vital role in advancing Wal***’s global retail presence and evolving business objectives. What you'll do: Demonstrate expertise in software engineering best practices and contribute to the development and improvement of engineering processes. Collaborate with architects, product managers, and engineering teams to design and build scalable products. Deliver high-quality technical designs and production-ready code in an Agile/Scrum environment. Implement unit tests, code reviews, and documentation. Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes across development, QA, and production environments. Maintain production stability and monitoring, ensuring high system availability. Troubleshoot production and business issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes. Apply an AI-first development approach, leveraging AI tools and agents to accelerate development and automation. Utilize agentic AI platforms for workflow automation and enterprise integrations. What you'll bring: Strong experience leading full software development lifecycle activities, including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance. Employ performance, A/B tests, web vitals, front end optimization regularly Proficiency in software design patterns and software prototyping to deliver secure, modular, and maintainable solutions. Demonstrated ability to apply data-driven decision making to define success metrics and optimize engineering processes. Experience mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions to promote technical excellence and sustainability. Ability to collaborate effectively across teams, communicating complex technical concepts clearly to wide-range of stakeholders. Experience with production system monitoring and operations Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment Passion for innovation and continuous learning At Wal***, 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.Wal***.com/notices. Live Better U is a Wal***-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Wal*** 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 Wal***. 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.Wal***. The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ 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 Wal***’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location... 815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of America Wal*** 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.