Position Summary...What you'll do...Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role This is a full-time, onsite role at our Sunnyvale, CA office. This position is not eligible for remote work. About the Team:Walmart's top-of-funnel and discovery platforms power digital entry experiences for millions of customers across multiple markets, brands, and tenants. These systems support:
- Multi-tenant architectures
- Region-specific configurations
- High-throughput traffic patterns
- Real-time personalization and experimentation
What you will do:As a Senior Software Engineer (Rust), you will design and build
low-latency, highly available, multi-tenant distributed systems operating at internet scale.
- Develop production-grade Rust services using async frameworks (Tokio, Axum, Actix).
- Leverage Rust's ownership and concurrency model to build memory-safe, highly performant systems.
- Optimize services for: CPU efficiency, Memory footprint, Network throughput, Multi-tenant workload distribution
- Drive full SDLC in a cloud-native environment: CI/CD automation, canary & blue/green deployments, automated load, stress, and chaos testing, observability and distributed tracing
- Architect and implement resilient microservices capable of multi-region, multi-tenant scale.
- Integrate real-time ML inference services into high-throughput Rust backends.
What you will bring:- 5+ years of backend or distributed systems engineering experience.
- Production experience with Rust in high-performance, scalable systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes & Containers
- Engineering & Architecture experience
- Deep understanding of Async programming and multithreading, Memory management, Networking fundamentals, Distributed systems principles
- Experience designing and operating multi-tenant systems.
- Proficiency in cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD).
- Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience building large-scale customer-facing digital platforms.
- Familiarity with CDN strategies and edge computing.
- Exposure to personalization, experimentation, or recommendation systems.
- Experience preparing systems for extreme traffic events.
- Contributions to Rust open-source ecosystem.
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 experts 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.
Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer by Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.
#LI-onsiteAt 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
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 $117,000.00 - $234,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 5 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 1 year's 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.
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