(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
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Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: Join Wal*** as a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks. This role drives the full software lifecycle, applying cloud-native architecture principles to enhance system resilience and agility. You will collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality solutions, mentor engineers, and influence technical decisions. By leveraging data-driven practices and continuous improvement, you will ensure alignment with business goals while fostering engineering excellence and innovation within a dynamic and evolving environment. About the team: The Marketplace Engineering team at Wal*** Global Tech drives innovation in global commerce through the Wal*** Marketplace platform. This team develops advanced tools that enable sellers to efficiently manage digital storefronts, pricing, and inventory while ensuring excellent customer experiences. They design intelligent, resilient systems covering the entire seller lifecycle and integrate with partner platforms across Wal***’s ecosystem. Focused on scalable, data-driven solutions, the team applies expertise in software design, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps to deliver reliable services that empower sellers and enhance shopping for millions worldwide. What you'll do: Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities. Drive full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems. Lead system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure alignment with architectural best practices. Build AI-driven applications integrating ML components and automation features using multiple programming languages. Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing. Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and track success metrics using data-driven practices. What you'll bring: Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation to ensure scalable and resilient systems. Strong experience in full software development lifecycle management, encompassing coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance. Proficiency in API design, software prototyping, and applying software design patterns for secure, maintainable, and modular solutions. Demonstrated ability to lead platform engineering efforts, delivering infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps. Skilled in mentoring engineers, influencing architectural decisions, and fostering technical growth within teams. Data-driven decision-making skills to define success metrics and optimize engineering processes. Effective collaboration and communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders. 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... 1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, 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.