Staff, Software Engineer - Backend / Ml

Walmart

Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America
Base: $143,000.00 - $286,000.00; bonus/equity: ann...
Hybrid
Large-scale distributed systems
Java and spring boot
Cloud-native microservices
As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a technical leader who defines the direction for and evolves the backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure that power search at massive scale

Job Summary

  • As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a technical leader who defines the direction for and evolves the backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure that power search at massive scale.
  • Technically lead a team of 6–10 engineers, including collaboration with offshore/distributed team members — providing architectural guidance, conducting design and code reviews, identifying and removing blockers, and setting the quality bar for the team.
  • We offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.

Matching Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a technical leader who defines the direction for and evolves the backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure that power search at massive scale.

Salary

Base: $143,000.00 - $286,000.00; Bonus/Equity: annual or quarterly performance bonuses, Stock; Benefits: 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and more

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • large-scale distributed systems
  • Java and Spring Boot
  • cloud-native microservices
  • Apache Spark (SparkSQL)
  • Kafka
  • test-driven approach

Nice-to-have

  • ML model productionization
  • search engines
  • information retrieval systems
  • vector search
  • Python for data engineering
  • creating inclusive digital experiences

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field and 4 years experience
  • 6 years experience in software engineering
  • Master's degree in CS or related field and 2 years experience

Work Rights

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