Staff, Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll own the technical direction and delivery of a core capability within WatchTower, the engineering operating system for Marketplace. You'll design and build scalable platform software that improves reliability, developer productivity, operational intelligence, and AI-driven engineering workflows for thousands of engineers.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with architecture, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver platforms that shape how Marketplace Engineering builds and operates software.

The Marketplace Platform Reliability team develops and maintains engineering systems that support thousands of engineers in delivering reliable, scalable, and high-performing software. The team manages platforms, operational intelligence, AI capabilities, and engineering standards to enhance productivity and system reliability.

Focused on innovation and continuous improvement, members design robust, scalable solutions that support business growth while optimizing operational efficiency. Collaboration, strategic alignment, and effective program management drive technical excellence across the Marketplace organization, ensuring high-quality standards and sustained platform performance.

• Own the architecture, design, and delivery of a core WatchTower platform capability.
• Build scalable, cloud-native software that improves reliability, developer productivity, and operational excellence.
• Partner with engineers and technical leaders across Marketplace to deliver platform capabilities used by thousands of engineers.
• Drive engineering quality through sound architecture, code reviews, automation, observability, and modern software engineering practices.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical decisions across teams while remaining deeply hands-on in software development.

• Experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems or internal engineering platforms.
• Strong software engineering skills with experience in cloud-native technologies, microservices, Kubernetes, and modern application architecture.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence engineering decisions across multiple teams.
• Experience with developer platforms, operational tooling, AI, observability, or platform engineering.
• Passion for building high-quality software that improves the engineering experience at scale.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering organizations.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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.

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.

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