Distinguished Software Engineer Jobs

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

**Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. This is a full-time onsite role based in Sunnyvale, California; remote and hybrid options are not available.**

About the Role:

Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Distinguished Architect to lead the evolution of our Omni Services platform, powering customer-facing experiences across commerce, payments, financial services, auto care, store journey, and other omni-channel services. This role will define and drive the architecture strategy for a unified global platform that scales across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Chile, and future international markets.
As a Technical Leader, you will shape long-term architectural vision, modernize large-scale distributed systems, influence engineering and product organizations, and establish reusable platform capabilities that support market-specific requirements while maintaining global consistency.

About the Team:

The Omni Services team advances Walmart’s omni-experience by seamlessly integrating digital and in-store shopping into a unified journey. The team develops and maintains key capabilities that ensure consistent, high-quality experiences across app, web, and physical retail channels. From managing digital payments to scheduling Auto Care appointments, Omni Services supports smooth customer interactions at every touchpoint. Focused on scalable architecture and data-driven insights, the team delivers reliable, high-performance solutions aligned with evolving business needs. Members contribute to platform design and technical strategy, ensuring robust, extensible systems that uphold Walmart’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

What You'll Do:

• Define and drive the architecture strategy for a global Omni Services platform supporting millions of customers across multiple markets.
• Lead large-scale platform transformation initiatives, consolidating fragmented capabilities into reusable, scalable, and configurable global platforms.
• Architect highly available distributed systems leveraging microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud-native technologies, and modern integration patterns.
• Drive modernization efforts across financial services experiences including payments, lending, BNPL, remittances, and digital commerce integrations.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business leaders to align technical strategy with long-term business objectives.
• Establish architectural standards focused on scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Influence technical direction across multiple organizations through thought leadership, technical reviews, and executive-level communication.
Validate architectural decisions through prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and AI-assisted development practices when appropriate.

What You'll Bring:

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in Architect, Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer/Architect, or equivalent senior technical leadership roles.
• Strong ability to influence senior engineering leaders, architects, and executives without direct authority.
• Hands-on technical credibility with the ability to prototype, validate architectural decisions, and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Experience defining architecture strategy for globally distributed products and platforms.
• Experience within large-scale eCommerce ecosystems or similar high-volume consumer platforms.
• Experience in Financial Services, Payments, Lending, BNPL, Digital Wallets, Credit, Remittances, or Payment Orchestration platforms.
• Experience building multi-country platforms supporting regional regulations, payment methods, and market-specific business requirements.
• Knowledge of end-to-end commerce domains including Discovery, Catalog, Cart, Checkout, Order Management, and Fulfillment.
• Proven success designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users.
• Deep expertise in platform architecture, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, systems integration, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide modernization or platform transformation initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams.
• Strong ability to influence senior engineering leaders, architects, and executives without direct authority.
• Experience integrating financial products directly into customer commerce journeys.

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 $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 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 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 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 4 years' 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...

1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, 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.