Distinguished Software Engineer

Walmart

. Define and drive the technical vision for AI/ML platforms and ecosystems that operate at enterprise scale.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeBentonville • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $130,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the technical vision for AI/ML platforms and ecosystems that operate at enterprise scale.
Lead architecture reviews and design principles across GenAI integrations, model serving, and intelligent pipelines.
Set architectural standards for reliability, security, scalability, and performance that align with enterprise requirements.
Translate complex business needs into high-impact, long-term technical roadmaps.
Provide hands-on technical guidance and thought leadership to multi-team engineering and data science groups.
Influence AI/ML lifecycle practices, including model evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and observability.
Advocate engineering best practices and foster alignment across diverse technology domains.
Mentor senior ICs, principal engineers, and emerging technical talent.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale, distributed software systems.
Proven track record as a senior individual contributor driving system architecture or technical strategy.
Deep experience with AI/ML systems productionization, model serving, orchestration, and performance considerations.
Experience with observability: structured logging, metrics, traces, and debugging distributed flows across client + gateway.
Strong expertise in scalable cloud-native design and platform engineering.
Demonstrated ability to influence engineers and leaders without direct managerial authority.
Excellent communication and technical storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) match
Stock purchase plan
Paid maternity and parental leave
PTO
Multiple health plans
Short-term and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U education benefit

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI/ML platformsmodel servingobservabilitycloud-native designdistributed software systemstechnical strategyperformance considerationsorchestrationstructured loggingdebugging

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunication skillsmentoringinfluence without authoritytechnical storytellingcollaborationalignment across technology domainstranslating business needsguidancefostering best practices