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, and leading large engineering efforts with strong engineering excellence and system design rigor.
  • Strong hands-on coding experience with the ability to go deep on architecture and implementation details when needed.
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally with product, program management, QA, release management, operations, and other engineering teams.
  • Proven experience designing, developing, and scaling software platforms for large user bases, with a focus on modularity, extensibility, and long-term maintainability.
  • Strong platform-oriented decision-making, balancing technical and business needs in fast-paced, complex environments.
  • Experience working with geographically distributed teams and aligning diverse stakeholders around shared technical goals.
  • Strong business acumen, with the ability to connect technical strategy to business outcomes.
  • Exceptional and concise verbal and written communication skills.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growing environment with ambiguity and high ownership.
  • Knowledge of current AI tools for engineering
    
    Preferred Experience 
  • BS in Computer Science or similar plus 15 years or more in the field OR a MS in Computer Science and 12 years or more of experience.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people.  That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Mode of Work

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Bangalore office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

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 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 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 4 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...

Block- 1, Prestige Tech Pacific Park, Sy No. 38/1, Outer Ring Rd Kadubeesanahalli , India