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Position Summary...

What you'll do...

The Staff Software Engineer provides technical leadership for the Sam’s Club Membership Platform team, which forms the foundation for all stream-aligned sub-domains. In this role, you will architect high-performance applications, define technical strategy, and establish engineering standards that drive speed, scalability, and safety across the portfolio. About the Team: We are a collaborative, high-impact team focused on building and evolving the core membership platform for Sam’s Club. Our work underpins critical business functions and enables innovation across multiple domains. What You’ll Do:

+ Design and develop large-scale, high-performance, and scalable software systems that meet stringent performance, security, and reliability requirements.

+ Provide architectural leadership and define implementation details aligned with long-term business goals and technical direction.

+ Lead the creation and maintenance of technical design documents, ensuring alignment with scalability and maintainability standards.

+ Drive high-impact, cross-functional projects with visibility across the organization.

+ Manage project priorities, timelines, and deliverables to meet organizational objectives.

+ Partner with architects and senior engineers to shape the broader technical strategy.

+ Mentor junior engineers, fostering continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence.

+ Facilitate knowledge sharing, system deep dives, and design reviews to build long-term team and platform scalability.

+ Identify opportunities to enhance the platform’s capabilities through innovation and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring:

+ Proven experience leading teams and building scalable, complex microservices architectures.

+ Proficiency in a wide range of technologies, including Java, Spring Boot Framework, Kubernetes, Relational/NoSQL databases, Data Lake, Kafka, Cloud technologies, and REST/GraphQL API development.

+ Advanced knowledge of distributed systems design, software architecture, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

+ Demonstrated experience using AI-powered development tools such as VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, and automate complex workflows.

+ Hands-on experience building AI agents using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, vector databases, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for secure, scalable, and context-aware enterprise solutions

+ Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to balance trade-offs in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

+ Deep expertise in cloud-native application development, network architecture, and storage systems, with hands-on experience creating automation scripts for validation, configuration, and benchmarking.

+ A passion for staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies, and a commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

+ Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence and work effectively across cross-functional teams.

At Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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 .

**- Other benefits** include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company 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/) .

Sunnyvale, California US-11807: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00

Bentonville, Arkansas US-09930: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location).

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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.

Primary Location...

815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, 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.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.