Staff, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and evolution of large scale machine learning and generative AI systems, setting technical direction across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Architect and productionize LLM driven platforms and services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability in high impact environments.
• Define and implement advanced NLP and generative AI solutions, including RAG systems, agent based architectures, and multimodal models.
• Drive the development of multi agent systems capable of orchestrating complex, goal directed workflows from natural language inputs.
• Establish best practices for model development and deployment, including evaluation frameworks, experimentation standards, and performance optimization techniques (e.g., fine tuning, LoRA, quantization).
• Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate ambiguous, high level problems into scalable AI solutions with measurable impact.
• Champion responsible AI practices, ensuring systems meet standards for safety, fairness, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

  What You’ll Bring:

• Extensive experience building and scaling machine learning systems in production, with a strong focus on NLP and/or Gen AI applications.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross functional initiatives and drive technical strategy in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Deep expertise in modern ML and deep learning approaches, including large language models and their adaptation techniques.
• Strong engineering background with experience designing distributed systems, APIs, and data/ML pipelines at scale.
• Hands on experience with LLM ecosystems and tooling (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy, or similar), and familiarity with agent based or orchestration frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience deploying AI solutions in high stakes environments requiring careful consideration of risk, compliance, and trust.
• Track record of mentoring senior talent and influencing engineering practices beyond immediate team boundaries.  

Preferred: experience at leading technology companies or AI focused startups, or equivalent impact in building cutting edge ML systems.
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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 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 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 6 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 2 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...

805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, 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.