Distinguished Software Engineer, Growth Tech

Walmart

As Distinguished Software Engineer at Walmart, lead the design and development of scalable systems utilizing AI coding agents. Mentor teams and redesign workflows for success in Growth Tech.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeBentonville • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $130,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the architecture and technical strategy.
Be a role model in building scalable, reliable and secure software using Agentic coding tools.
Lead and mentor an AI-agent-native engineering team.
Redesign SDLC practices for agentic coding.
Encode architecture and engineering standards into agent workflows.
Define human review/governance practices.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to achieve our long-term business goals.
Champion operational and engineering excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 8+ years of software engineering experience in building highly available systems.
Proven track record of building successful software systems from inception to deployment.
Proven track record of building solutions that solve highly complex business problems.
Experience using AI coding tools such as Code Puppy, Claude Code, Codex, or similar systems in production development workflows.
Familiarity with agentic coding workflows involving repository instruction files, tool permissions, MCP-style integrations, automated test execution, and multi-agent or parallel task execution.
Expertise in service-oriented architecture, CI/CD, and operational excellence best practices.
Outstanding problem-solving skills.
Effective communication and collaboration skills.
Proven track record of mentoring and coaching engineers in technical problem-solving and career development.
Curiosity and strong ability to learn new domains and technologies.
Ability to deal with highly ambiguous problem space.

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringAI coding toolsservice-oriented architectureCI/CDoperational excellenceagentic coding workflowsrepository instruction filesautomated test executionmulti-agent executionparallel task execution

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationmentoringcoachingcuriositylearningdealing with ambiguity