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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.
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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.
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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.
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 $117,000.00 - $234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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.
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.
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.
