Walmart

Distinguished Architect

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Sunnyvale • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $169,000 - $338,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLGRPCJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesPulsarPythonRabbitMQRustTypeScript

About the role

  • Architect and design best-in-class Omni-channel microservices to support a frictionless shopping experience across digital and physical retail touchpoints
  • Define and implement high-scale, low-latency, and highly available cloud-native solutions in AWS/GCP/Azure with a multi-region, event-driven architecture
  • Lead the adoption of domain-driven design (DDD), event sourcing, and CQRS for high-performance transactional services
  • Develop and enforce best practices for API-first, headless commerce, GraphQL, gRPC, and event-driven integrations
  • Drive the AI/ML and personalization strategy to optimize user experiences across multiple channels
  • Collaborate with engineering leaders, product managers, and business executives to align technical vision with business goals
  • Influence and drive the technology modernization strategy, including the adoption of serverless, Kubernetes, and edge computing in retail experiences
  • Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory standards while optimizing system performance and reliability
  • Mentor and develop principal engineers, senior architects, and engineering teams on best practices in scalable and resilient system design
  • Engage in industry forums, technology conferences, and patent filings to represent and advance the company’s innovation agenda

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience in software architecture and engineering leadership
  • Expert in microservices, event-driven architecture, and distributed computing
  • Knowledge in cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures
  • Strong experience in API gateway design, GraphQL, RESTful services, gRPC, and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ)
  • Experience with high-scale transactional systems, event sourcing, and real-time data streaming
  • Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, or Rust)
  • Experience in driving DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance optimization
  • Ability to influence senior executives, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • Stock purchase plan
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • PTO
  • Multiple health plans
  • Flexible working hours

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
microservicesevent-driven architecturedistributed computingAPI gateway designGraphQLRESTful servicesgRPCasynchronous messaginghigh-scale transactional systemsDevSecOps
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringinfluencingcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvinginnovation