Senior Software Engineer – On-Site Hiring Event

Walmart

. Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that support complex digital experiences.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $117,000 - $234,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CassandraDistributed SystemsDockerJavaJenkinsJUnitKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesMockitoSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that support complex digital experiences.
Lead architecture discussions, performance optimization, and scalability improvements.
Partner with product, frontend, data, and UX teams to deliver solutions that improve the end-to-end experience.
Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong culture of learning.
Champion best practices in architecture, security, testing, and operational excellence.
Build secure, high-performance distributed systems that handle large volumes of traffic and data.
Develop reusable frameworks and maintain high code quality through automated testing and thoughtful code reviews.
Troubleshoot complex production issues and lead root cause analysis.
Contribute to system resilience, performance, and security improvements.
Design and implement services using microservices and service-oriented architecture with Spring.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitHub.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–8+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend depth.
Hands-on experience with Java, distributed systems, and large-scale application design.
Expertise in Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Kafka, and Cassandra.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
Familiarity with CI/CD practices, DevOps, and monitoring tools.
Strong database design skills and experience writing complex queries.
Deep understanding of multithreading, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 1 year's experience in software engineering or related area is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.
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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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring BootRESTful APIsKafkaCassandraDockerKubernetesmicroservices architecturemultithreadingdatabase design

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationperformance optimizationroot cause analysisbest practices advocacylearning cultureoperational excellence

Certifications

Master’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer EngineeringMaster’s degree in Computer Information SystemsMaster’s degree in Software Engineering