Distinguished, Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Hoboken, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 169000 - 338000
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Summary...
What youll do...
Position SummaryAs a Distinguished Engineer for the AIEnabled Sales Platform within Walmart Global Techs Advertising Technology organization you will serve as a preeminent technical leader and visionary. You will be responsible for the architectural evolution of highscale systems that leverage generative AI intelligent automation and massive data infrastructure to transform how advertisers engage with Walmart. This role is for a distinguished technologist who can navigate the complexity of enterprisescale distributed systems while pioneering the next generation of AIdriven sales tooling and measurement.
About the team
The Sandman/Ad-tech team consists of experienced Machine Learning Engineers Data Scientists and Full Stack technologists focused on delivering scalable data-driven solutions for Walmart. This multidisciplinary group integrates AI software engineering and data science to develop autonomous AI agents deploy reliable applications and build core engineering capabilities at enterprise scale. Utilizing data AI and agile methods the team drives innovation that enhances operational efficiency and supports Walmarts mission. Collaboration within the team fosters the creation of intelligent systems that improve business performance across the organization.
What Youll Do
- Architectural Vision & Strategy
Define and drive the multiyear architectural vision for Walmarts Advertising Technology platforms ensuring solutions are scalable extensible and durable. Establish reference architectures platform standards and design guardrails adopted across AdTech Sales Enablement and partner systems. - AI Innovation
Architect platforms that integrate generative AI intelligent automation and largescale data infrastructure to power advertiser and sales workflows. Drive adoption of AI agents and multistep reasoning systems by combining LLMs structured ML pipelines and orchestration layers for realworld use cases. - Technical Excellence & Rigor
Set the gold standard for engineering practices. Oversee the design of advertising platforms and endtoend ML pipelines ensuring performance optimization reliability and scalability across global distributed systems. - CrossFunctional Influence
Partner with senior leadership across Product Sales and Business teams to translate ambitious business goals into executable technical architectures. - Mentorship & Culture
Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Principal and Staff Engineers amplifying impact through others and fostering a culture of technical curiosity inclusive design and high accountability.
What Youll Bring
- Deep Technical Mastery
Expertise in largescale distributed systems data platforms and cloudnative architectures. - Platform Thinking
A proven track record of building platformasaproduct environments that support complex multitenant operational workflows. - AI / LLM Expertise
Experience integrating generative AI and intelligent automation into businesscritical production systems at enterprise scale. - Strategic Leadership
Proven ability to translate complex business needs into scalable platform architectures and longterm technical roadmaps. - Execution at Scale
History of delivering highimpact productiongrade platforms with measurable business outcomes at enterprise scale. - Operational Discipline
Strong bias for engineering excellence operational rigor and continuous improvement.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 15 years of software engineering experience including platform architecture and largescale systems.
- Significant experience building dataintensive or AIenabled platforms in production environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree or PhD in a relevant technical discipline.
- Prior experience operating at Principal Distinguished or Fellowlevel technical roles.
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 Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors 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 .
Hoboken New Jersey US-10279: The annual salary range for this position is $156000.00 - $312000.00
Sunnyvale California US-11349: The annual salary range for this position is $169000.00 - $338000.00 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: Bachelors 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.
Masters 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 Walmarts accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.Primary Location...
221 River St Hoboken NJ 07030 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.Required Experience:
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About Company
Walmart started with one man. In 1962, Sam Walton began with just one store and one mission: help people save money so they could live better. As a growing global digital enterprise and with over 11,500 stores, we maintain Mr. Sam’s vision, but now, we are able to help more customers ... View more
