Position Summary...

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

What you'll do...

Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer in the Cloud and Data Foundations organization at Walmart, you will play a strategic and hands-on technical role in owning, designing, building, and maintaining high-quality software solutions focused on logging platform engineering—specifically leveraging OpenObserve. You will drive technical direction and set standards for robust, scalable, and maintainable logging solutions that enable observability across Walmart’s cloud and distributed systems. We are seeking engineers who bring deep technical expertise in observability and logging systems, a passion for automation and operational excellence, and the ability to influence and mentor engineering teams. You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders to shape the future of Walmart’s logging and observability capabilities at a global scale.

About the team

Managed Log Search team is part of the Observability organization within Cloud and Data Foundations at Walmart. Our mission is to provide seamless, efficient, and reliable log management and analytics with client-side abstractions built on OpenObserve and related technologies, in a multi-cloud, polyglot environment. By building intuitive, standards-based logging abstraction layers, the team enables Walmart Global Tech developers to work efficiently across diverse logging, triage and analytics systems deployed as PaaS and IaaS solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Set technical vision and lead the design and delivery of production-grade software for logging and observability systems using Rust, Golang or similar languages, ensuring adherence to best practices in code quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Architect and drive the evolution of OpenObserve-based logging abstraction frameworks for Walmart’s enterprise-scale needs.
• Identify, design, and deliver strategic features for the logging platform, enhancing operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability for distributed systems.
• Lead the full development lifecycle for logging solutions, from conceptual design through deployment and ongoing support, influencing technical decisions across teams.
• Partner with product managers, architects, and engineering leaders to define technical direction and influence platform strategy.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Support customer application teams and platform partners during incident resolution, demonstrating high customer empathy and a commitment to operational excellence.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a proven record of designing and delivering complex, high-quality solutions at scale.
• Expertise in Rust, Golang and advanced proficiency with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible.
• Demonstrated success architecting and implementing client-side abstraction layers for large-scale logging and observability platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of logging or analytics systems, such as OpenObserve, Elasticsearch, Splunk, or OpenSearch.
• Deep understanding and commitment to operational excellence in logging systems management.
• Preferred Skill: Experience developing automation workflows with AI engineering frameworks like LangChain, vector databases, MCPs, and large language models (LLMs) to enable seamless orchestration of complex operational tasks.

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.

Work

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

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 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...

G, 1, 3, 4, 5 Floor, Building 11, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India