--- title: Staff Software Engineer at Walmart in Sunnyvale, CA description: Walmart is hiring for the Staff Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $143K–$286K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/staff-software-engineer-at-walmart-01a0fa56-ddc3-7b48-971f-7ae0ad89138c date: 2026-10-02T02:18:20Z og_description: Join Walmart as Staff Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $143K–$286K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/rqxpd9.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** | $143K/yr - $286K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 28, 2026 | ## Description **Role summary:** As a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving full lifecycle software development with a focus on cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will influence technical decisions, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate across functions to translate complex business needs into actionable solutions. This role demands a commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and innovation, ensuring high-quality, maintainable systems that support Walmart’s strategic objectives and enhance developer productivity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. **About the team:** At Walmart Global Tech, the team builds scalable, reliable backend platforms supporting the world’s largest retail marketplace. They manage extensive real-time and batch data flows across the Walmart ecosystem, focusing on cloud-native architecture, continuous development, and resilient platform design. Team members collaborate to deliver quality software solutions, conduct design reviews, and drive innovation. Utilizing technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and Apache Spark, they develop distributed systems at scale. The team emphasizes technical excellence and data-driven decision-making to meet evolving business needs and maintain high standards in platform engineering. **What you'll do:** - Design and build **highly scalable backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot**. - Architect and implement **real-time event-driven systems using Apache Kafka**. - Develop and optimize **large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines using Apache Spark**. - Drive architecture decisions around **scalability, resiliency, observability, and cost efficiency**. - Lead system design reviews and define **engineering best practices for distributed systems**. - Work closely with Product, Data Science, Platform, and Infrastructure teams to deliver business impact. - Optimize system performance through **partitioning strategies, caching, async processing, and concurrency tuning**. - Mentor engineers and act as a **technical multiplier across multiple teams**. - Participate in production incident reviews and drive **long-term platform reliability improvements**. **What you'll bring:** - Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including microservices, containers, and automation to build scalable and resilient platforms. - Strong software development skills across the full lifecycle, with experience in coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance. - Proficiency in API design, software prototyping, and applying design patterns to deliver secure, modular, and maintainable solutions. - Demonstrated ability to lead technical reviews, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions for long-term sustainability. - Data-driven decision-making skills to define metrics, optimize processes, and ensure engineering excellence. - Effective collaboration and communication skills to engage cross-functional teams and stakeholders. - Adaptability to evolving technologies and commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. 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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ## Skills - Influencing - Decision Making - Data Science - Sustainability - English Language - Systems Design - Caching - Software Deployment - Observability - Software Design Patterns - Automation - Streaming Data Pipelines - Cloud Architecture - Apache Spark - Continuous Improvement Process - Software Development - Collaboration - Apache Kafka - Scalability - CI/CD - Microservices - Database Partitioning - Site Reliability Engineering - Concurrent Programming - API Design - Maintenance - Asynchronous Programming - Back End (Software Engineering) - Spring Boot - Communication - Event-Driven Architecture - Java - Adaptability - Distributed Systems ## 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/staff-software-engineer-at-walmart-01a0fa56-ddc3-7b48-971f-7ae0ad89138c?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) ## Explore this job market - [Retail](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/retail-and-wholesale/retail?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 460530 jobs - [California Jobs Hiring Now](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 265385 jobs - [Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 6369 jobs - [Sunnyvale Jobs Hiring Now](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/california/sunnyvale?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5373 jobs ## Related hubs - [Retail](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/retail-and-wholesale/retail?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 460530 jobs - [California Jobs Hiring Now](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 265385 jobs - [Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 6369 jobs - [Sunnyvale Jobs Hiring Now](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/california/sunnyvale?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 5373 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)