--- title: Distinguished Software Engineer at Walmart description: Walmart is hiring for the Distinguished Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $169K–$338K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/distinguished-software-engineer-at-walmart-inc-01a0dcf9-9a6d-738d-8810-1c8d3dfbf5f4 date: 2026-09-28T21:16:43Z og_description: Join Walmart as Distinguished Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $169K–$338K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/12pmvn.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA | | **Salary** | $169K/yr - $338K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 22, 2026 | ## Description **Role summary:** As a Distinguished Software Engineer at Walmart, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems, ensuring architectural integrity and operational excellence. This role requires translating strategic objectives into robust technical solutions while fostering collaboration across engineering teams. You will champion best practices in software development, reliability, and continuous improvement, mentoring peers and driving innovation. Your expertise will support Walmart’s commitment to high-quality, resilient services that enhance customer experiences and business outcomes through thoughtful technical leadership and strategic execution. **About the team:** Marketplace Tech drives a rapidly expanding platform that connects customers with third-party sellers by transforming complex data into actionable insights and production-ready models. The team enhances seller success, customer experience, trust, safety, and growth through collaboration with product, engineering, and business teams. Members define success metrics, conduct experiments, and build predictive and causal solutions that deliver measurable impact. Expertise in data science, machine learning, Python programming, and data visualization supports addressing complex challenges and advancing the platform’s continued success. The team values technical excellence, innovation, and clear communication to achieve strategic goals. **What you'll do:** - Lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems and intelligent automation solutions. - Translate domain-level strategies into system-level implementations, ensuring architectural integrity and reliability. - Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices to maintain operational readiness, observability, and performance of services. - Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural decisions, and incident analysis to drive quality and resilience. - Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high standards in software delivery. - Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, automating processes to enhance engineering velocity and system scalability. - Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business objectives. **What you'll bring:** - Proven expertise in designing and building scalable, cloud-native software systems and AI-powered agents. - Strong technical leadership with experience owning system-level execution and aligning architecture with domain strategy. - Deep knowledge of reliability engineering, operational due diligence, and continuous integration/deployment practices. - Ability to drive operational excellence through code reviews, incident analysis, and automation of manual processes. - Skilled in mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of high standards, innovation, and continuous improvement. - Excellent collaboration and communication skills to engage cross-functional teams and stakeholders effectively. - Sound technical judgment with agility to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs. 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 . 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](https://one.walmart.com/). The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ## Skills - Operational Due Diligence - Incident Analysis - DevOps - Technical Leadership - Software Delivery - Cloud-Native Computing - English Language - Software Deployment - Code Review - Observability - Automation - Agile Velocity - HTTP/HTTPS - Artificial Intelligence - Continuous Improvement Process - Collaboration - Scalability - CI/CD - Mentoring - Continuous Learning - Reliability Engineering - Operational Excellence - Communication - Operational Readiness ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Disability Insurance - Life Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Sick Leave - 401(k) Plans ## How to Apply [Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/distinguished-software-engineer-at-walmart-inc-01a0dcf9-9a6d-738d-8810-1c8d3dfbf5f4?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related - [More jobs at Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown)