Distinguished, Software Engineer (Architect) | Omni Services | Sunnyvale

Description

Position Summary...

The Omni Services team advances Walmart’s omni-experience by seamlessly integrating digital and in-store shopping into a unified journey. The team develops and maintains key capabilities that ensure consistent, high-quality experiences across app, web, and physical retail channels. From managing digital payments to scheduling Auto Care appointments, Omni Services supports smooth customer interactions at every touchpoint. Focused on scalable architecture and data-driven insights, the team delivers reliable, high-performance solutions aligned with evolving business needs. Members contribute to platform design and technical strategy, ensuring robust, extensible systems that uphold Walmart’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. This is a full-time onsite role based in Sunnyvale, California; remote and hybrid options are not available.
• About the Role :
• Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Distinguished Architect to lead the evolution of our Omni Services platform , powering customer-facing experiences across commerce, payments, financial services, auto care, store journey, and other omni-channel services. This role will define and drive the architecture strategy for a unified global platform that scales across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Chile, and future international markets.
• As a Technical Leader, you will shape long-term architectural vision, modernize large-scale distributed systems, influence engineering and product organizations, and establish reusable platform capabilities that support market-specific requirements while maintaining global consistency.
• Define and drive the architecture strategy for a global Omni Services platform supporting millions of customers across multiple markets.
• Lead large-scale platform transformation initiatives, consolidating fragmented capabilities into reusable, scalable, and configurable global platforms.
• Architect highly available distributed systems leveraging microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud-native technologies, and modern integration patterns.
• Drive modernization efforts across financial services experiences including payments, lending, BNPL, remittances, and digital commerce integrations.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business leaders to align technical strategy with long-term business objectives.
• Establish architectural standards focused on scalability, resiliency, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Influence technical direction across multiple organizations through thought leadership, technical reviews, and executive-level communication.
• Validate architectural decisions through prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and AI-assisted development practices when appropriate.
• What You'll Bring :
• 15+ years of software engineering experience , including 8+ years in Architect, Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer/Architect , or equivalent senior technical leadership roles .
• Strong ability to influence senior engineering leaders , architects, and executives without direct authority.
• Hands-on technical credibility with the ability to prototype, validate architectural decisions, and evaluate emerging technologies .
• Experience defining architecture strategy for globally distributed products and platforms.
• Experience within large-scale eCommerce ecosystems or similar high-volume consumer platforms.
• Experience in Financial Services, Payments, Lending, BNPL, Digital Wallets, Credit, Remittances, or Payment Orchestration platforms .
• Experience building multi-country platforms supporting regional regulations, payment methods, and market-specific business requirements .
• Knowledge of end-to-end commerce domains including Discovery, Catalog, Cart, Checkout, Order Management, and Fulfillment .
• Proven success designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users.
• Deep expertise in platform architecture, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems , systems integration, and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide modernization or platform transformation initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams.
• Strong ability to influence senior engineering leaders , architects, and executives without direct authority.
• Experience integrating financial products directly into customer commerce journeys.
• 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 expert's 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. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
• Our hubs : Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits

• 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.