Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a talented and passionate Staff Software Engineer on our Marketplace Engineering team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, scalability, and reliability of Walmart’s core platforms and services. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, high-performing systems that power Walmart’s third-party seller ecosystem.

About the Team

This role is part of the Walmart Marketplace Payments organization, a team building platform and experiences that power how sellers and partners get paid. We drive high-impact portfolios including Capital, Faster Payout, Risk Management, Agentic AI-based workflows, and Service Fee Visibility initiatives. As these areas grow in scale and complexity, we need a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and mentorship that will enable us to deliver with quality, resilience, and speed.

*Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for this position*

What you'll do

• Lead the design of distributed, fault-tolerant backend systems using Java (JDK 21), Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures. Drive both high-level and low-level design discussions in collaboration with architects and senior engineers.

• Build and deliver highly scalable services and data pipelines leveraging Kafka, Cassandra, Spark, and Airflow. Write clean, performant, and maintainable code while setting engineering best practices.

• Build and deliver highly scalable microservices and cloud-native applications across Azure, GCP, and private cloud environments, with a strong focus on disaster recovery (DR) readiness.

• Design and implement intelligent workflows and agentic AI solutions to optimize operations, decision-making, and system efficiencies.

• Ensure systems are resilient and reliable through strong CI/CD practices, observability (monitoring/alerting), and disaster recovery strategies.

• Guide, mentor, and elevate engineers at multiple levels. Foster a culture of technical rigor, ownership, and continuous learning.

• Work with teams across geographies to define and deliver solutions aligned with business needs, marketplace growth, and platform scale.

• Build tools and frameworks that accelerate developer productivity and reduce operational overhead.

What you'll bring

• At least 6 professional software development with expertise in backend systems; proven track record of leading architecture for distributed platforms.

• Deep proficiency in Java (JDK 21), Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, and large-scale data processing frameworks (Spark, Airflow).

• Strong background in designing multi-tenant, cloud-native systems (Azure/GCP) with emphasis on scalability, performance, and reliability.

• Adept at breaking down complex problems into actionable solutions while balancing trade-offs across performance, cost, and delivery speed.

• Ownership-driven, passionate about technology, eager to learn and experiment with emerging paradigms (AI workflows/agents, automation).

• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence, align, and partner with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders globally.

• Experience mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and raising the bar for engineering excellence.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

About Walmart Global Tech:

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic i