What you'll do...As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll be a hands-on technical leader who designs and delivers critical distributed services, raises engineering standards, and drives operational excellence. You’ll work closely with product managers and partner teams, lead technical design discussions, and mentor engineers while owning delivery for complex features end-to-end
About Team:
The Fulfillment Engineering team is a strong, globally distributed group building and operating Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) for Walmart’s rapidly expanding U.S. eCommerce Fulfillment Center (FC) network. Our platforms power High Velocity Fulfillment Centers and Next Generation Automated Fulfillment Centers—among the largest and most advanced fulfillment operations in the world.
We’re accelerating growth with a
platform-first
mindset: a shared, cloud-first, distributed-systems foundation that unlocks reuse, improves reliability, and enables fulfillment capabilities to ship at scale and speed. Our FCs also power Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS), one of Walmart’s fastest-growing businesses—offering deep exposure to supply chain and fulfillment operations at unmatched scale.
What you'll do:
Lead design and implementation of highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable microservices and event-driven systems (Java-based)
Own end-to-end delivery for complex features: design, implementation, testing, rollout, and long-term operability
Set a high bar for operational excellence: telemetry, alerting, incident response, root cause analysis, and prevention
Drive technical direction in your area: architecture decisions, reliability improvements, performance tuning, and tech-debt reduction
Produce high-quality code and raising team quality via PR reviews, design reviews, and engineering best practices
Collaborate deeply with product and business stakeholders to break down ambiguity into executable plans and milestones
What you'll bring:
7+ years of software engineering experience (or equivalent depth), preferably in Java
Strong experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, and messaging systems (Kafka or similar)
Strong Azure experience (including CosmosDB)
Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL datastores
Proven production ownership: on-call, diagnostics, performance tuning, and reliability improvements in distributed systems
Strong system design skills and experience operating in fast-paced Agile delivery environments
Supply chain / fulfillment domain knowledge (WMS/WES/FC operations exposure is a plus)
Ability to leverage AI tooling/agents to accelerate development and troubleshooting
A strong ownership mindset—able to independently drive solutions from problem statement to production outcomes
NOTE: Immigration Sponsorship is not available for this position.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.
Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
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., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location...
221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
