Senior, Data Engineer | Sunnyvale
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 8, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026. Walmart scores A on the Alion truth index.
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
**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. **Role summary:
Walmart is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures that support business insights and decision-making. This role requires expertise in data integration, modeling, and governance within cloud and big data environments. The successful candidate will collaborate across functions to translate business requirements into effective data solutions, ensuring data quality and accessibility. They will apply advanced technical skills to optimize data workflows and support analytics initiatives, contributing to Walmart’s strategic use of data assets to drive operational excellence and innovation.
About the Team:
The Customer Data Platform team at Walmart builds scalable, reliable technology to enhance global shopping experiences. Focused on technical excellence and integrity, the team delivers customer-centered solutions through collaboration and continuous improvement. Members engage in iterative development, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, leveraging advanced tools and AI integration. This team drives innovation aligned with Walmart’s standards, empowering associates and improving the shopping journey for millions worldwide.
What you'll do:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures to support business analytics and reporting needs.
- Extract, transform, and load data from internal and external sources using ETL and streaming techniques.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective data solutions aligned with strategic goals.
- Implement data modeling, governance, and quality standards to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and compliance.
- Develop and optimize SQL and other code to support data integration, transformation, and analysis.
- Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows, ensuring reliability and performance in cloud and big data environments.
What you'll bring:
- Masters with 5+ years of experience in data engineering, including data integration, modeling, and pipeline development.
- Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with cloud-based data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, or Google BigQuery.
- Strong knowledge of data governance, quality standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Expertise in designing scalable data architectures and managing data workflows using tools like Apache Airflow.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into effective data solutions and analytics.
- Skilled in data transformation techniques, ETL processes, and handling structured and semi-structured data.
- Experience collaborating across business domains to align data strategy with organizational goals.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.
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.
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.
Sunnyvale, California US-11807: The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735: The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 2: 5 years’ experience insoftware engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science and 1 year’s experience in software engineering or related
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2 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, ETL tools and working with large data sets in the cloud, Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 3 years' experience in software engineering, 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.