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Position Summary...Distinguished Engineer – Marketplace, Category Strategic Initiatives (CSI)
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...Category Strategic Initiatives (CSI) is a key part of Walmart Marketplace, focused on enabling strategic category expansion, differentiated seller and customer experiences, and scalable platform capabilities that unlock growth. CSI drives 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. 
 
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. 
 
Marketplace CSI Architecture & Technology Strategy  

• Define and champion architectural blueprints, engineering standards, and best practices across Marketplace CSI initiatives. 

• Set the vision for cross-domain and cross-platform integration, ensuring solutions are reusable, scalable, and built for long-term category growth. 

• Partner with product and business leaders to shape technical strategy for strategic category initiatives and 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 category 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 for strategic categories 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 across categories. 

• 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 CSI-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 12 years or more in the field OR a MS in Computer Science and 10 years or more of experience. 

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 $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...

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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... 2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, 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.