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Walmart Canada · 4 months ago

(USA) Distinguished, Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$169K/yr - $338K/yr

8+ years exp

Walmart Canada is a leading retailer seeking a Distinguished Architect for their Omni Customer Experience Engineering team. This role involves leading the strategy, architecture, and design of innovative omni-channel commerce solutions, ensuring scalability and performance while collaborating with various teams to drive technology modernization and best practices.

DeliveryRetailShopping

No H1B

Responsibilities

Architect and design best-in-class Omni-channel microservices to support a frictionless shopping experience across digital and physical retail touchpoints

Define and implement high-scale, low-latency, and highly available cloud-native solutions in AWS/GCP/Azure with a multi-region, event-driven architecture

Lead the adoption of domain-driven design (DDD), event sourcing, and CQRS for high-performance transactional services

Develop and enforce best practices for API-first, headless commerce, GraphQL, gRPC, and event-driven integrations

Drive the AI/ML and personalization strategy to optimize user experiences across multiple channels

Collaborate with engineering leaders, product managers, and business executives to align technical vision with business goals

Influence and drive the technology modernization strategy, including the adoption of serverless, Kubernetes, and edge computing in retail experiences

Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory standards while optimizing system performance and reliability

Mentor and develop principal engineers, senior architects, and engineering teams on best practices in scalable and resilient system design

Engage in industry forums, technology conferences, and patent filings to represent and advance the company’s innovation agenda

Qualification

MicroservicesEvent-driven architectureCloud-native solutionsAPI-first designAI/ML personalizationDistributed systemsGraphQLKubernetesDevSecOpsInfluencing stakeholdersMentoringCollaboration

Required

At least 8 years of experience in software architecture and engineering leadership, with a focus on commerce, retail tech, or large-scale distributed systems

Expert in microservices, event-driven architecture, and distributed computing

Knowledge in cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures

Strong experience in API gateway design, GraphQL, RESTful services, gRPC, and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, Pulsar, RabbitMQ)

Experience with high-scale transactional systems, event sourcing, and real-time data streaming

Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, or Rust)

Experience in driving DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, observability, and performance optimization

Ability to influence senior executives, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders

Passion for mentoring and growing engineering talent

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years' experience in software engineering, architecture, or related area

Option 2: 8 years' experience in software engineering, architecture, or related area

Preferred

Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in software engineering, architecture or related area

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

Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture