Staff, Software Engineer

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What you'll do...

Staff Software Engineer - Code Puppy

AI & Data | Walmart Global Tech

Join Walmart as a Staff Software Engineer within our AI & Data organization and help make it trivially easy for associates, engineers, data scientists, and citizen developers to turn ideas into AI-powered solutions quickly, safely, and cost-effectively.

At Walmart, we operate at Fortune #1 scale. Our challenges are complex, global, and deeply meaningful. Here, you'll do the best work of your career, work that helps people save money and live better.

About AI & Data

The AI & Data organization within Walmart Global Tech is building a platform-first ecosystem that centralizes enterprise data, provides foundational AI capabilities, and delivers intuitive AI solutions for all personas. We enable AI at enterprise scale responsibly, securely, and reliably.

About the Team

Our team builds intelligent agents that make associates' jobs easier, faster, and more fulfilling, from automating repetitive tasks to providing decision support for complex operations. We work directly with business stakeholders to rapidly iterate on agentic solutions that deliver measurable operational impact. We leverage the Element LLM Gateway to safely access state-of-the-art language models while ensuring all data remains within Walmart's network.

Position Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and scaling agentic AI solutions that drive business transformation across Walmart. You will partner with business and technology teams to translate complex operational challenges into innovative AI-powered products and services. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence architecture and engineering best practices across teams.

You will be a great fit if:

• You thrive at the intersection of business problem-solving and hands-on software engineering.
• You are passionate about leveraging AI, machine learning, and large language models to create impactful solutions.
• You enjoy working directly with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver measurable business value.
• You excel in highly collaborative, fast-paced environments and can effectively influence without authority.
• You are excited about building scalable, enterprise-grade software systems and mentoring fellow engineers.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable agentic AI applications and multi-agent systems that address critical business challenges.
• Lead architecture and technical design discussions for highly available, secure, and performant platforms.
• Translate business requirements, operational workflows, and user needs into production-ready technical solutions.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes.
• Drive the end-to-end development lifecycle, from solution design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Build integrations with AI platforms, APIs, enterprise systems, and large-scale data ecosystems.
• Champion engineering excellence through code reviews, testing strategies, observability, and operational best practices.
• Establish standards and best practices for agentic AI development, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and LLM integration.
• Mentor and coach engineers across teams, fostering technical growth and innovation.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and help shape the future direction of AI-powered products at Walmart.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems and enterprise applications.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable cloud-native applications and microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic frameworks.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, system architecture, API development, and cloud platforms.
• Experience working with data platforms, analytics systems, and modern engineering toolchains.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence technical strategy and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical projects from concept to production.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI-powered products in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of vector databases, knowledge graphs, LLM orchestration, and AI evaluation frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP, or AWS.
• Familiarity with retail, supply chain, omnichannel commerce, logistics, or operational systems.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• 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.

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...

703 Associate Dr, 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.