Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services that make a profound impact at every level of Walmart.

As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technologies to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes its books, physical and legal risk is mitigated, and associates get paid accurately and on time — that’s EBS.

Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the opportunity to shape the future of Walmart.

The EBS Data Engineering Team is looking for a strong Staff Data Engineer who will design and build next-generation data platforms and solutions that power analytics, AI, and decision-making across Walmart. You’ll define scalable architecture, build reliable pipelines, and mentor others to uphold the highest standards of data engineering excellence.

As part of the Enterprise Business Services team in Bangalore, your solutions will directly impact business functions across multiple Walmart markets, handling complex, large-scale data challenges that span countries, domains, and users.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines and systems.
• Architect modern data platforms leveraging cloud-based technologies (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, or Azure Synapse).
• Partner with cross-functional teams — product, analytics, data science — to translate business needs into technical data solutions.
• Champion data best practices, establish standards for data modeling, pipeline design, and data quality.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, perform design and code reviews, and set high technical standards across the team.
• Drive adoption of emerging tools and frameworks (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Spark).
• Ensure operational excellence — monitoring, observability, and performance tuning of data workflows.
• Collaborate with global Walmart engineering teams to contribute to shared platforms and reusable data assets.
• Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the data engineering community.
• Contribute to Walmart’s broader data strategy — enabling data democratization, governance, and scalability.

What You’ll Bring

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience: 8+ years of experience in data engineering, including 2+ years in a senior or staff-level technical role.
• Technical Expertise:
  • Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT frameworks (Airflow, dbt, Glue, etc.).
  • Deep knowledge of data lake and data warehouse architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, or Azure Synapse).
  • Strong understanding of data modelling techniques — dimensional, normalized, or data vault.
  • Familiarity with streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Flink) and real-time processing.
  • Experience with CI/CD, Git, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Data Quality & Governance: Experience in implementing metadata management, data lineage, and data quality frameworks.
• Soft Skills:
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Strong communication and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to lead by example, mentor teams, and foster collaboration.
• Bonus Points: Exposure to machine learning pipelines, AI/LLM data preparation, or data observability tools (Great Expectations, Monte Carlo, etc.).

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds 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 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 isand feelsincluded, 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, were 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 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 welcoming 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 and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 2: 6 years' experience in software engineering or related field. Option 3: Master's degree in Computer Science and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related field. 3 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.

Primary Location...

Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India