(USA) Staff, Software Engineer
Software Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
USD 143k-286k / year + Equity
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Role summary:
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the development and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, including infrastructure, tooling, and AI/ML frameworks, applying cloud-native architecture principles. This role involves full lifecycle ownership of software development, from design and coding to deployment and maintenance, while driving engineering excellence through system design reviews and technical mentorship. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate complex problems into actionable solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives. The engineer will champion continuous improvement, innovation, and data-driven decision-making to enhance platform performance and developer productivity.
***Sponsorship is NOT available in this role***
About the team:
The team leads the design and development of advanced iOS advertising experiences, focusing on architecture, performance, and monetization. Collaborating closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Engineering groups, the team delivers scalable, high-quality mobile solutions that enhance the shopper journey. Emphasizing reusable frameworks, SDKs, and operational excellence, members drive innovation through data-driven decision-making and best practices. The team fosters technical growth by mentoring engineers and promoting collaboration across disciplines to ensure reliable, efficient, and impactful software delivery aligned with business goals and customer needs.
What you'll do:
- Deliver platform capabilities including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks aligned with roadmap milestones and domain priorities.
- Drive full software development lifecycle activities such as coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
- Apply cloud-native architecture principles to ensure scalable, resilient, and agile systems.
- Conduct system design reviews to validate feasibility and ensure quality and alignment with architectural best practices.
- Build AI-driven applications and integrate ML components to support automation and multi-step reasoning.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote engineering excellence through documentation and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements and optimize development processes using data-driven practices.
What you'll bring:
- Experience in AdTech, Retail Media, Search, Video, or consumer monetization platforms.
- Experience developing reusable iOS frameworks and SDKs.
- Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, analytics, measurement, and performance instrumentation.
- Experience with SwiftUI, UIKit interoperability, and modern iOS development practices.
- Experience building high-traffic consumer applications at scale.
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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 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 2 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.