Lead Software Engineer

About the Role

The Lead Software Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. Weigh it however you like — the math still lands at $131,000 - $192,000, hybrid hours, and a team at Walmart worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

• Question the remote-native Django pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for unfussy production environments
• Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Express.js
• Reverse-engineer the joyfully-rigorous GraphQL format Walmart inherited and never documented
• Drive the GraphQL incident postmortem that stops the Victorville outage from recurring

What You'll Bring

• A solid foundation in Git, refined over 8+ years
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a lead capacity
• Calm under the ruthlessly-focused chaos a lead role tends to generate
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment

Walmart makes GraphQL look simple, which anyone in technology knows is the impact-driven hardest thing to pull off. Here, ownership means you're empowered to fix what's broken without waiting for permission.

Here you earn $131,000 - $192,000 while a dedicated mentor helps you grow from lead into ownership, all wrapped in benefits worth keeping.

New candidates are being screened right now, so timing is good if you apply today.

Quit imagining a better technology job and apply for the one in front of you.

Skills

• Git
• GraphQL
• Django
• Express.js
• AWS
• Jest
• Work-Life Balance
• Teamwork

Benefits

• Sleep and recovery programs
• Coffee Bar
• Prescription drug coverage
• Sick Days
• 20% time for personal projects
• Direct access to leadership
• Free therapy and counseling sessions
• Snacks and Beverages
• Learning Stipend
• Accessible workplace design
• Disaster relief assistance
• Telemedicine and virtual care access
• Severance package
• Certification Reimbursement