Senior Software Engineer, Partner Engineer, Solutions Engineer

Walmart

. Work directly with external developers, solution providers, and partners to guide them through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem .

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $117,000 - $234,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGraphQLJavaNode.jsRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work directly with external developers, solution providers, and partners to guide them through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem
Troubleshoot integration issues, debug API requests/responses, and provide hands-on technical guidance
Provide architectural recommendations, best practices, and reference implementations to help partners build reliable, scalable integrations
Optimize partner resource utilization (compute efficiency, rate limits, data usage, etc.) to ensure performant and cost-effective integration
Develop tools, dashboards, and metrics to monitor integration health, API usage, error patterns, and adoption trends
Identify systemic integration gaps and work with engineering and product teams to address them
Build automation and diagnostics to proactively surface developer friction points or API contract inconsistencies
Collaborate with Marketplace core engineering teams to design foundational systems, SDKs, and integration patterns that improve API adoption and developer experience
Provide real-world feedback from external developers to influence API design, documentation, and roadmap priorities
Contribute to sample apps, libraries, documentation improvements, and developer tooling that streamline partner integration
Partner with product managers to shape API capabilities, onboarding flows, and developer-facing features
Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure partner needs, Marketplace goals, and platform capabilities are aligned
Advocate for the partner/developer voice across the organization and help prioritize initiatives that reduce friction and improve satisfaction

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, solutions engineering, or developer relations
Strong hands-on coding skills with proficiency in Java, NodeJS, Rust, or similar backend development languages
Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, authentication/authorization flows, and distributed system fundamentals
Experience debugging complex integration issues involving API gateways, backend services, or data pipelines
Ability to translate technical details into clear guidance for external developers with varying levels of expertise
Familiarity with cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tooling
Strong product mindset and ability to evaluate tradeoffs between engineering needs, developer experience, and business outcomes

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
401(k) plan with company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits including parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaNodeJSRustRESTful APIsGraphQLauthenticationauthorizationdebuggingcloud environmentsCI/CD

Soft Skills

technical guidancecollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingproduct mindsettranslating technical detailsadvocacyinfluencingevaluating tradeoffspartner relations