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Walmart USA Distinguished Architect 
United States, California, Sunnyvale 
814797931

18.09.2024

What you'll do...


What you'll do:

As a Distinguished Architect, you will be instrumental in defining the technical vision and architecture of Transaction systems, ensuring they meet performance, security, and scalability requirements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, guide engineering efforts, and lead the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to build reliable, high-quality software solutions.

Provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding engineers through design decisions, debugging, and architecture challenges. Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation, ensuring that best practices around security, performance, and testing are embedded in the development process.

Define and enforce coding standards, design principles, and architectural best practices (such as SOLID, DRY, and design patterns). Conduct rigorous code reviews to ensure that code is secure, maintainable, and adheres to performance benchmarks.

Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and frameworks (e.g., Kubernetes, GraphQL, Kafka), and assess their potential integration into the system architecture. Lead efforts in prototyping new tools, technologies, and processes.

What you'll bring:

  • Proven experience in the design, development, and scaling of software platforms for large user bases, focusing on modularity and extensibility.
  • Strong track record as an architect in building data-driven, scalable services with a platform-oriented approach to support growth and reliability.
  • Clear vision for future-ready Web and mobile architectures, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of stakeholders.
  • Platform-focused decision-making, balancing technical and business needs in fast-paced, complex environments to ensure performance and scalability.
  • Deep knowledge of frontend technologies, particularly in mobile, optimizing for scalability, performance, and developer efficiency.
  • Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams to align on platform goals.
  • Strong business acumen, integrating technical vision with strategic business insights.



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.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

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.

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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.

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The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: - Stock 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 and6 years’ experience in software engineering, architecture, or related area.Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering, architecture, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...

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860 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-0000, United States of America