Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – APEX

at Walmart

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – APEX
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $90,000 - $180,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, J2EE, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, NoSQL, React, React Native, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bentonville, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing and maintaining software solutions for Walmart's Global Technology EBS team. Leading architecture best practices and mentoring junior engineers while solving complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Join Walmart as Senior Software Engineer – APEX in our Global Technology EBS team.
• You will be part of Engineering Excellence team who drives the software & systems architecture & engineering best practices across the APEX organization.
• You will lead the efforts to build & maintain software systems being used across different teams.
• You will be helping APEX teams in troubleshooting and solving complex problems based on your experience.
• Translate requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames).
• Write and develop code; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.
• Collaborating with project team and cross-functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes.
• Ensure on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer information systems with 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
• 5+ years of programming experience in Java/J2EE and related technologies.
• Front-end development proficiency using React, JavaScript, CSS, and React Native.
• Strong experience in building RESTful APIs and event/message-driven applications leveraging Kafka or similar messaging queues.
• Skilled in SQL and NoSQL databases, including schema design and database indexing.
• Solid understanding of system components such as authentication/authorization, API gateways, load balancers, high availability, and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on DevOps experience with public cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) and CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins.
• Expertise in cloud technologies including Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to design and implement applications and features with strong architectural acumen.
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and data structures.
• Experience leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) through prompt engineering for code generation.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments with flexibility and efficiency.

Benefits

• 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.