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(USA) Staff, Data Engineer
(USA) SUNNYVALE TECH CORNERS CA SUNNYVALE Home Office
Actively hiring, first seen by us 1 day ago- Pay
$143,000–286,000/year — pay source
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- Employer’s visa record
- 6,611 H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2024 and 2025For the employer as a whole. This posting doesn’t say whether the role is sponsored. US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
What you’ll work on
Full postingArchitect and evolve large-scale distributed data pipelines across all marketing channels
Set technical direction and engineering standards for data modeling and pipeline design
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers through design and code reviews
Champion CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and on-call practices for marketing data pipelines
From the employer’s posting
Architect and evolve large-scale, distributed data pipelines and platform capabilities that ingest, process, and serve data across all marketing channels.
Set technical direction and engineering standards (data modeling, pipeline design patterns, observability).
Mentor and provide technical leadership to senior and mid-level data engineers; conduct design/code reviews and raise the technical bar across the team.
Champion engineering excellence practices — CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and on-call readiness
Education & alternatives
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.
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 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. 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 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field, 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. Primary Location...
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 1 day ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 14, 20261 day ago
- Recorded sightings
- 2
- Last seen by us
- Nov 15, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 1
Early. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 56.
At Walmart, jobs usually come down by about day 3.
From 13,754 similar postings that came down, and 394 of Walmart’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Walmart is hiring
28 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Data Engineer hiring is picking up
- Takes jobs down quickly
- 14% of open jobs were reposted
See how this role fits your experience
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- SQL
- BigQuery
- Google Cloud Storage
- Kafka
- Spark
- Airflow
- Python
- Java
- Scala
- GCP
Where the posting names them
What you'll bring: - Strong experience designing and operating billion-scale distributed data systems using Spark, Kafka, streaming, orchestration, and large-scale batch technologies. - Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, partitioning, performance tuning, incremental processing, and compute and storage optimization. - Hands-on experience with GCP or equivalent cloud platforms, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, and Airflow.
- Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, partitioning, performance tuning, incremental processing, and compute and storage optimization. - Hands-on experience with GCP or equivalent cloud platforms, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, and Airflow. - Strong Python skills plus Java or Scala proficiency.
- Champion engineering excellence practices — CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and on-call readiness — for mission-critical marketing data pipelines and contribute to long term technical roadmap What you'll bring: - Strong experience designing and operating billion-scale distributed data systems using Spark, Kafka, streaming, orchestration, and large-scale batch technologies. - Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, partitioning, performance tuning, incremental processing, and compute and storage optimization.
- Hands-on experience with GCP or equivalent cloud platforms, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, and Airflow. - Strong Python skills plus Java or Scala proficiency. - Knowledge of data quality, lineage, observability, CI/CD, testing, reliability, and incident management.
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Has Walmart posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed 8 other (USA) Staff, Data Engineer jobs there since October 2026. 2 came down, usually after about 8 days. 6 are still up.
Large employers often post one title for several teams, so these can be separate openings.
About Walmart
- People
- About 2,100,000 in 2026, about the same as the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as WMT.
- H-1B visas
- 1,049 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Layoff notices
- Notices this year and last cover 304 people. The latest was filed March 27, 2026.State WARN notices
Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 6 weeks.
Counted from the hiring pages we’ve followed for at least five weeks, so employers we add don’t look like growth. Updated weekly.
About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Position Summary...
Role summary: The Martech Global Data Foundations team is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to own the architecture and technical direction for the data platforms powering Walmart's global marketing technology ecosystem — spanning CRM, SEM, SEO, and emerging digital channels. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of large-scale distributed data systems and marketing-driven business outcomes. About the team: The Martech Global Data Foundations team is part of Walmart’s AI & Data organization within the Data Foundations pillar. This team serves as the engineering backbone for Walmart’s global marketing technology ecosystem. They design, build, and operate large-scale data pipelines and platform capabilities that support customer engagement across paid and organic marketing channels, including CRM, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and emerging digital marketing platforms. The team leverages advanced data engineering tools and technologies to enable efficient, scalable, and reliable data solutions that drive business insights and marketing effectiveness at Walmart scale.What you'll do...
What you'll do:- Architect and evolve large-scale, distributed data pipelines and platform capabilities that ingest, process, and serve data across all marketing channels.
- Set technical direction and engineering standards (data modeling, pipeline design patterns, observability).
- Partner cross-functionally with marketing technology stakeholders, product managers and platform teams to translate business requirements into robust, reusable data platform capabilities.
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to senior and mid-level data engineers; conduct design/code reviews and raise the technical bar across the team.
- Champion engineering excellence practices — CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and on-call readiness — for mission-critical marketing data pipelines and contribute to long term technical roadmap
What you'll bring:
- Strong experience designing and operating billion-scale distributed data systems using Spark, Kafka, streaming, orchestration, and large-scale batch technologies.
- Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, partitioning, performance tuning, incremental processing, and compute and storage optimization.
- Hands-on experience with GCP or equivalent cloud platforms, including BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, and Airflow.
- Strong Python skills plus Java or Scala proficiency.
- Knowledge of data quality, lineage, observability, CI/CD, testing, reliability, and incident management.
- Martech or Adtech experience is preferred.
- Proven Staff-level leadership through domain ownership, cross-team influence, design reviews, mentoring, and measurable platform improvements at scale across complex production environments globally.
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.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 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 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.
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 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field, 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.Primary Location...
809 11th Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.Source details
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- Pay
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
- Location & working pattern
(USA) SUNNYVALE TECH CORNERS CA SUNNYVALE Home Office
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