Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.

What you'll do...

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in advancing the companys capabilities in artificial intelligence, particularly in developing, optimizing, and deploying generative AI applications. By developing state-of-the-art frameworks and tools, you will empower engineers, and other stakeholders to maximize the potential of generative AI across the organization. In addition, you will:

• Contribute to the design of new features and future vision of Conversational IVR.
• Review the code and architectural ideas of your peers
• Advocate for standard methodologies
• Facilitate engineering discussions
• Mentor engineers at all levels

Our teams typically use the following tech:

• Java, C#, Python, and NodeJS for our APIs and services
• Cloud technologies

What you'll do:

Application Development: Lead the design, development, and deployment of Walmart Stores conversational experience.

• End-to-End AI Solutioning: Own the lifecycle of generative AI initiatives, from ideation to deployment, ensuring robust and scalable production systems.
• Scalability and Reliability: Ensure the scalability and reliability of systems by implementing robust CI/CD pipelines, monitoring solutions, and alerting systems.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineers, business, UX and product teams to integrate generative AI capabilities into Headspaces products and services.
• Knowledge Sharing and Mentorship: Guide and mentor team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

What you'll bring:

• Overall 9+ years of experience in design and development of highly-scalable applications and platform development with 1+ years in Generative AI or LLMs.
• Expertise in Python, Java and libraries like Hugging Face Transformers.
• Proficiency in distributed computing, cloud platforms (GCP, Azure), and scalable architectures.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery principles and building resilient, fault-tolerant systems.
• Experience with Generative AI models (e.g., GPT, Gemini)
• Strong understanding of system design, non-functional requirements, and design patterns.
• Skilled at translating complex technical concepts into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

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 worlds leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstar