Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role.About the Role

Join Walmart’s mission to transform the in-store associate and manager experience through AI-powered and Agentic AI solutions. Our team is building next-generation applications that enhance productivity, collaboration, and decision-making for millions of associates worldwide.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll design and build Agentic AI applications that leverage multi-agent orchestration frameworks and Large Language Models (LLMs). Collaborate as well as lead teams from various vendors and within Walmart. Partner with the Business and Product Teams to deliver solutions rapidly. You’ll integrate Generative AI into Walmart’s federated GraphQL data gateway and distributed systems, enabling store managers, team leads, and associates to solve real-world retail challenges at scale.Key Responsibilities

1. Requirements Analysis \& Scoping* Partner with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and classify requirements (functional, non-functional, emergent).

Identify risks, gaps, and opportunities between business needs and existing solutions.

Translate business objectives into Agile-friendly user stories and technical designs.

2. Solution Architecture \& Design Design scalable, distributed, and resilient AI/ML solutions* for enterprise use.

Present and Defend Architectures as necessary in Architecture Review sessions from a variety of perspectives including Scalability, Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Cloud Cost, Complexity, Maintainability, Sustainability and Operational Excellence.

Architect multi-agent orchestration workflows, where specialized AI agents collaborate to solve complex tasks.

Convert high-level designs into detailed solution components (mock screens, pseudocode, functional logic).

Evaluate trade-offs across performance, scalability, and cost.

3. AI/ML \& Agentic Development

Research, prototype, and implement Agentic AI applications leveraging frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or Semantic Kernel.

Build and optimize multi-agent orchestration pipelines, enabling task decomposition, coordination, and collaboration among AI agents.

Develop and fine-tune LLMs for Walmart-specific use cases.

Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, vector stores, embeddings, and query expansion techniques.

Apply advanced prompt engineering, grounding mechanisms, and reasoning strategies to improve AI accuracy.

4. Software Development \& Testing

Write clean, maintainable, and secure code in Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js.

Build backend services with Spring Boot, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, JMS).

Contribute to mobile-first associate experiences (iOS/Android).

Develop and execute automated test cases to ensure performance, reliability, and security.

5. CI/CD, Monitoring \& Troubleshooting

Build CI/CD pipelines for multi-agent workflows, model training, containerization, and deployment.

Deploy solutions to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP).

Monitor and maintain production systems using Dynatrace, Open Observe, and telemetry.

Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, conduct root cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.

Hands-on experience deploying AI/ML and agent-based applications into production.

Proficiency in Python, Java, Node.js, and modern frameworks (Spring Boot, LangChain, LangGraph).

Experience with multi-agent orchestration frameworks and LLM-powered workflows.

Strong knowledge of cloud-native platforms (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker).

Experience with GraphQL and databases (Azure SQL, Cassandra, Cosmos DB).

Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and disaster recovery.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and automated testing.

Preferred Skills

Experience with Agentic AI development using LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or Semantic Kernel.

Practical knowledge of multi-agent orchestration strategies (task decomposition, role-based AI agents, collaborative planning).

Hands-on experience with vector databases, RAG pipelines, and LLM tuning.

Familiarity with multimodal data (text, image, speech) integration.

Experience designing intelligent caching, observability, and policy enforcement for AI systems.

Background in enterprise-scale mobile and cloud-native development.

Why Join Us

At Walmart, scale is unmatched: your solutions will impact millions of associates and customers globally. You’ll be part of a high-performing engineering team at the forefront of Agentic AI innovation, solving some of the most complex challenges in retail operations, orchestration, and cloud-native development. You’ll have opportunities to grow into AI specialist, solution architect, or engineering leader roles while shaping the future of AI-powered retail.

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.

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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.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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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.Primary Location...

2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, 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.