(IND) DISTINGUISHED, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position Summary...

We are seeking a talented and passionate Distinguished Engineer to join our team.

In this role, you will serve as a visionary, hands-on technical leader, actively coding, setting technical direction, and establishing engineering standards across multiple domains and business units.

You will drive technology strategy for high-impact Marketplace initiatives, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure Walmart’s solutions are innovative, scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term business goals.

What you'll do...

About the Team Seller Order Life Cycle (SOLC) and Ship with Walmart are key charters of Walmart Marketplace, focused on enabling great seller experiences, and scalable platform capabilities to manage seller fulfilled orders.

Ship with Walmart requires complex, cross-functional initiatives that require deep partnership across product, engineering, operations, and business teams.

To ensure the success of these initiatives, it is critical to have a senior technical leader who can provide end-to-end engineering leadership across the full lifecycle of the program.

About Walmart Marketplace At Walmart Global Tech, the Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of redefining global commerce at scale.

We are the backbone of one of the fastest-growing e Commerce platforms Walmart Marketplace, where third-party sellers meet millions of customers every day.

Our mission is bold: to deliver unmatched selection, competitive pricing, and a world-class pre-order, post-order experience, all powered by intelligent platforms and resilient systems.

We empower thousands of sellers to thrive by offering tools to manage every aspect of their digital storefront from listing products to optimizing prices and inventory, while ensuring exceptional customer experiences.

Our systems monitor the entire seller lifecycle, leverage real-time data for insights, and seamlessly integrate with partner platforms across the Walmart ecosystem.

Architecture & Technology Strategy Define and champion architectural blueprints, engineering standards, and best practices across initiatives.

Set the vision for cross-domain and cross-platform integration, ensuring solutions are reusable, scalable, and built for long-term growth.

Partner with product and business leaders to shape technical strategy as part of new capability launches.

Evaluate emerging technologies and frameworks, providing recommendations for adoption where they can accelerate innovation and execution.

Guide the evolution of technology stacks and platform capabilities to support diverse logistic carriers and seller needs.

Technical Leadership & Innovation Mentor and guide senior engineers and engineering leaders on system design, coding standards, operational excellence, and modern architectural patterns.

Lead the design and implementation of complex, large-scale distributed systems with a focus on performance, resiliency, security, and maintainability.

Drive engineering excellence through strong observability, automation, CI/CD, and operational best practices at scale.

Champion secure coding practices and ensure solutions are designed with reliability, privacy, and compliance in mind.

Remain hands-on in critical technical areas, helping teams solve ambiguous, high-complexity engineering problems.

Strategic Requirement Analysis & Solution Design Lead deep technical discovery and requirement analysis for complex, cross-functional Marketplace initiatives.

Translate business goals into scalable technical solutions and platform investments.

Mediate and resolve conflicting requirements across stakeholders, balancing speed, flexibility, and long-term maintainability.

Shape roadmaps for foundational capabilities and engineering investments that unlock business value.

Guide the creation of technical design artifacts, epics, and implementation plans for large cross-functional programs.

Platform Scalability, Security & Compliance Drive the design of secure, scalable, and highly available systems that support Marketplace growth.

Ensure strong engineering discipline around data protection, service reliability, access controls, and platform security.

Oversee system health, vulnerability management, and architectural risk mitigation across SOLC-owned capabilities.

Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and industry standards as applicable.

Stakeholder Influence & Executive Leadership Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership, influencing platform investments and engineering strategy.

Lead cross-functional technical discussions, build alignment across teams, and drive decisions using data and sound engineering judgment.

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Represent Marketplace engineering in broader organizational conversations and help raise the bar for technical excellence across Walmart.

Talent Development & Culture Attract, develop, and mentor top technical talent through coaching, technical leadership, and a strong culture of engineering excellence.

Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, ownership, and continuous learning across the organization.

Model Walmart’s values and ethical standards in all interactions.

Continuous Improvement & Transformation Drive continuous improvement in architecture, developer productivity, system quality, and operational maturity.

Champion modern engineering practices and pragmatic innovation to accelerate delivery of strategic Marketplace capabilities.

Encourage experimentation and thoughtful risk-taking while maintaining strong technical judgment and accountability.

What you’ll bring: Deep working knowledge of cloud-native distributed system development; Azure / GCP / WCNP preferred.

Strong experience building full-stack, multi-platform, large-scale, low-latency systems using microservices and distributed architectures.

Proven experience mentoring engineers, technical leaders, and architects,