Senior, Software Engineer (partner engineer or solution engineer))

Position Summary

We are looking for a highly technical and customer-focused Senior Partner Engineer (also known as a Solutions Engineer) to help external developers successfully integrate with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem. This role requires a strong engineering foundation, hands-on coding abilities, and the business/product acumen needed to work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams. You will guide partners through onboarding, integration, optimization, and long-term success while contributing directly to platform improvements that drive API adoption and partner satisfaction.

Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for this position.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with external developers, solution providers, and partners to guide them through integrating with the Walmart Marketplace API ecosystem.
• Troubleshoot integration issues, debug API requests/responses, and provide hands-on technical guidance.
• Provide architectural recommendations, best practices, and reference implementations to help partners build reliable, scalable integrations.
• Optimize partner resource utilization (compute efficiency, rate limits, data usage, etc.) to ensure performant and cost-effective integration.
• Develop tools, dashboards, and metrics to monitor integration health, API usage, error patterns, and adoption trends.
• Identify systemic integration gaps and work with engineering and product teams to address them.
• Build automation and diagnostics to proactively surface developer friction points or API contract inconsistencies.
• Collaborate with Marketplace core engineering teams to design foundational systems, SDKs, and integration patterns that improve API adoption and developer experience.
• Provide real-world feedback from external developers to influence API design, documentation, and roadmap priorities.
• Contribute to sample apps, libraries, documentation improvements, and developer tooling that streamline partner integration.
• Partner with product managers to shape API capabilities, onboarding flows, and developer-facing features.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure partner needs, Marketplace goals, and platform capabilities are aligned.
• Advocate for the partner/developer voice across the organization and help prioritize initiatives that reduce friction and improve satisfaction.

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, solutions engineering, or developer relations.
• Strong hands-on coding skills with proficiency in Java, NodeJS, Rust, or similar backend development languages.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, authentication/authorization flows, and distributed system fundamentals.
• Experience debugging complex integration issues involving API gateways, backend services, or data pipelines.
• Ability to translate technical details into clear guidance for external developers with varying levels of expertise.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Strong product mindset and ability to evaluate tradeoffs between engineering needs, developer experience, and business outcomes.

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 experts, and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.

Benefits and Perks

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Benefits include health (medical, vision, dental), 401(k), stock purchase, paid time off, parental leave, and more.

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.

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.
• Experience creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility.

Primary Location

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America