Staff Data Engineer

Position Summary...

Role summary: Walmart is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and pipelines that support business insights and decision-making. This role requires translating complex business requirements into effective data solutions, ensuring data quality, governance, and compliance. The successful candidate will collaborate across domains to optimize data integration, modeling, and transformation using modern technologies and cloud platforms. They will also provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and drive continuous improvement in data processes to support Walmart’s strategic objectives and operational excellence. About the team: The Measurement & Reporting Team within the Global Data Foundation leads omnichannel measurement for Walmart Connect. This team designs and scales enterprise attribution and reporting systems processing billions of customer interactions daily. They develop advanced multi-touch attribution models and build resilient distributed data pipelines using technologies such as Scala, Apache Kafka, and cloud-based data lakes. Their work supports critical advertising decisions and retail intelligence across Walmart’s global ecosystem, delivering trusted analytics that empower thousands of advertisers and major brands worldwide.

What you'll do...

What you'll do:

• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures using technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Hive, and Cassandra.
• Translate complex business requirements into efficient data engineering solutions aligned with organizational strategy.
• Implement data governance practices ensuring data quality, security, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, source, and integrate broad data sets for analysis and reporting.
• Automate data ingestion, transformation, and integration processes leveraging cloud platforms and ETL frameworks.
• Review and optimize code and data models to enhance performance and scalability.
• Mentor team members and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within data engineering practices.

What you'll bring:

• Proven expertise in data engineering, including building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency with Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Apache Cassandra for data processing and storage.
• Experience with ETL processes, data transformation, and integration across broad data sources and platforms.
• Skilled in query languages such as SQL and NoSQL for data modeling and analysis.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data services, including Google Cloud Dataproc and big data environments.
• Ability to ensure data quality, governance, and compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.
• Demonstrated capability to translate complex business requirements into effective data solutions.

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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 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 and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
3 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, ETL tools and working with large data sets in the cloud, Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field, 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...

815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of AmericaWalmart 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.