Distinguished, Software Engineer – People.AI

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart is a multi-national people-led tech-powered omnichannel retailer with over 2.2M associates. At Associate Productivity and Experience (APEX), enable Walmart associates with AI and GenAI solutions to improve productivity, harness the opportunities for growth, focus on well-being and cultivate cultures of belonging to all Walmart's associates.

APEX is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Distinguished Software Engineer. You will be responsible for leading the development of innovative GenAI powered applications, as well as architecting enterprise-grade platform, microservices, and pipelines. 

About Team
The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new GenAI based technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve associate technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. Associate Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What You'll Do
This is a vital role with significant growth prospect. You will have work to do from day one and you will be counted on to create opportunities that align with the overall organization goals.

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex machine learning solutions that drive business results.
• Mentor junior team members by providing guidance and support to achieve their full potential and improve team efficiency.
• Develop and maintain Engineering processes and best practices - setting and enforcing high standards for quality, reliability, and security in deployed machine learning solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with business, product, data science, front-end engineering, and data engineering teams to ensure alignment and achieve business goals.
• Effectively communicate technical work to senior/executive leaders in both technical and non-technical settings.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest AI/ML technologies and trend - acting as a thought leader for ML Engineering within the organization and in the broader technical community.

What You'll Bring

• Deep knowledge and experience in building complex, large-scale, mission-critical machine learning applications with microservice architecture in Kubernetes.
• Proven programming skills for end-to-end application and platform development such as Python, Java, ReactJS, LangChain, and related framework and libraries.
• Expertise in building reliable and highly scalable products from scratch (applying operational excellence)
• Highly resourceful and methodical in solution/architecture/API/codebase design and ability to translate product requirement into engineering blueprint.
• Experience with common ML model serving framework, especially for NLP & LLM models/applications. Familiarity with GenAI/LLMs and related tooling ecosystem a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering processes and best practices for AI app development, including code reviews, automated testing, performance optimization, and model monitoring.
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to synthesize requirements across multiple domains and influence stakeholders/peer teams for strategic alignment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an ability to approach problems in a logical and systematic manner.

  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 voti