Distinguished Software Engineer

Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary: Join Walmart as a Distinguished Software Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered systems. This role requires translating strategic objectives into reliable, extensible software solutions while driving operational excellence through technical leadership and mentorship. You will oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality delivery, system resilience, and continuous improvement. Collaborating across teams, you will influence architectural decisions, optimize platform performance, and foster innovation to support Walmart’s commitment to excellence and customer-focused technology solutions. About the team: The LocalFinds team at Walmart develops a platform enabling third-party local sellers to provide same-day pickup and local delivery for Walmart.com customers. Focused on a seamless proximity-based shopping experience, the team delivers advanced features for order fulfillment, returns, and dispute resolution to build customer trust. Emphasizing technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation, the team drives scalable, cloud-native solutions integrating AI technologies. They align engineering efforts with business goals and operational priorities to enhance the overall customer experience while fostering continuous development and mentorship within a high-performing environment. What you'll do: Lead design and development of scalable, cloud-native AI-powered software systems, ensuring architectural integrity and reliability. Translate domain-level strategies into system-level implementations, aligning engineering teams and platform stakeholders. Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices to maintain operational readiness, observability, and performance of services. Provide technical guidance through code reviews, incident analysis, and prevention strategies to enhance quality and customer impact. Mentor engineers, fostering continuous learning and high standards in design, testing, and delivery practices. Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, driving automation and improving developer experience. Collaborate effectively across teams, communicating complex ideas clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. What you'll bring: Extensive experience in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native software systems with AI integration. Proven ability to lead system-level technical execution, ensuring architectural integrity and operational excellence. Strong expertise in software development lifecycle, DevOps, CI/CD, and maintaining resilient, observable services. Demonstrated skills in mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Proficient in problem solving, debugging, and driving technical decisions aligned with business goals. Effective collaborator with excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders. Commitment to high standards in software security, reliability engineering, and platform design. 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 https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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. 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 ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. Preferred Qualifications... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related area, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture. Primary Location... 1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.