(USA) Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

As a part of Walmart Global Tech, you will build state of the art personalization and recommendation solutions that will elevate the e-commerce experience of millions of customers. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Personalization team under Customer Experience organization. You will be in the unique position to bring a broader impact to Walmart's customers and associates by building features and solutions that power ML model inferencing and governance at scale, contributing to highly engaging customer experiences across channels. If you are passionate about data, solving complex problems, privacy, and building trust, this is the right place for you. Our team comprises data scientists, engineers, and scientists passionate about using cutting-edge ML, deep learning, reinforcement learning, NLP, and data at Walmart's scale to deliver personalization and recommendation products.

About Team:

Our team collaborates closely with US stores and eCommerce to serve customers better through technological innovation. Walmart U.S. offers a wide range of products valued by customers, whether shopping online or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores, employees, in-store service, merchant tools, data science, search, and personalization.

What you'll do:

• Lead development of feature store stacks supporting hybrid retrieval, diverse data modalities, and multi-tenant access control.
• Design and govern platform standards for memory management, schema evolution, and registry integration.
• Collaborate with science and engineering teams for scalable solutions at organizational scale.
• Define strategy, vision, and roadmap for personalization and recommendation initiatives.
• Set technical strategy for distributed systems orchestrating workflows across memory stores, ML pipelines, and agents.
• Contribute to the research community and represent Walmart in technical forums.

What you'll bring:

• Expertise in architecting hybrid memory systems for large-scale AI/ML systems.
• Proven experience in designing feature store platforms for real-time and offline processing.
• Knowledge of distributed systems architecture.
• Experience with ontologies and semantic search in large-scale systems.
• Hands-on experience in migrating or consolidating data platforms at scale.
• Strong influence skills for cross-organizational initiatives and platform adoption.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits and Location:

Walmart Global Tech offers competitive pay, bonuses, health benefits, 401(k), stock plans, paid parental leave, PTO, and more. Locations include Bentonville, AR, Sunnyvale, CA, and others. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. For more details, visit .

Live Better U: Walmart's education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees for associates.

The annual salary range for Sunnyvale, CA is $143,000 - $286,000; for Bentonville, AR is $110,000 - $220,000, with additional performance bonuses and stock options.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the minimum qualifications. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, or related, plus 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
• Option 2: 6 years' experience in software engineering or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Optional qualifications include a Master's degree in CS or related, with 2 years' experience, and a background in accessible digital experiences, including WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and inclusive design practices.