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Staff, Software EngineerBuilding the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. The Global Tech Platform organization builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are Developer Experience and Productivity, Gen-AI, data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.

The Wibey Web team develops and maintains the browser-based interface for Wibey, Walmart's intelligent orchestration platform for software development and operations. They enable users to search content across internal sources, leverage AI to enhance prompts, and access trusted answers with citations. They also provide SDKs that allow different teams within Walmart to contribute to and extend the platform. The team's mission is to support everyone who builds or runs software at Walmart by providing a unified entry point to tools, documentation, and agent-powered actions throughout the entire SDLC (plan, build, ship, run).

As a Staff, Software Engineer for Walmart's new Developer super-agent, Wibey, you will work with other technical leaders on the team to architect and build the Wibey Client experience for Walmart developers. You'll be building the foundation for how thousands of developers leverage AI across Walmart's technology ecosystem, architecting solutions for the Web surface of Wibey. From defining standards and building tools (an SDK) for integrations with other apps and agents to exploring and identify new use-cases and user-flows, your work will directly impact developer productivity, code quality, and innovation velocity at enterprise scale.

What you'll do

Build the Platform

Design and implement Wibey Web, App integrations and extensions that provide seamless AI-assisted development workflows

Design scalable front-end and back-end systems to support a web interface capable of accommodating thousands of developers.

Build integration with internal tools using MCP

Drive Innovation

Create agentic solutions that intelligently automate developer workflows: code generation, testing, PR reviews, documentation, and deployment

Implement quality benchmarking frameworks to measure AI-generated code correctness and developer productivity impact

Design enterprise governance controls that balance developer velocity with security and compliance requirements

Lead and Collaborate

Partner with product managers, platform engineers, and security teams to define and execute the Wibey roadmap

Establish engineering best practices and quality standards for AI-assisted development

Mentor junior engineers on the team

Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape and bring emerging capabilities to Walmart developers

What you'll bring:

8

• years of software engineering experience with proven expertise in building developer-facing tools and platforms

Deep understanding of developer experience (DevEX) principles and productivity optimization

Extensive experience in full-stack software development with proficiency in React, Java, JavaScript, Python, and related frameworks.

Production experience integrating LLM/GenAI capabilities into enterprise systems and understanding technologies like Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or similar)

Strong systems design skills for building scalable, resilient backend and frontend services

Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead architectural discussions, mentor peers, and influence technical direction across multiple teams.

Proficiency in modern development tools and infrastructure (CLI frameworks, IDE extensions, API design)

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.

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...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...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.