Distinguished, Software Engineer, Global Systems Driver Trust, Earnings & Risk

Distinguished Software Engineer

At Walmart, Distinguished Engineers are enterprise-wide technical leaders who shape long-term strategy, drive innovation at scale, and influence outcomes across multiple organizations. We are seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the evolution of our Last Mile Driver Platform, focusing on Driver Trust & Safety, Earnings, Compliance, Risk Controls and Scalable Systems. This role combines deep technical expertise with cross-functional leadership to solve complex, high-impact problems affecting driver experience, platform integrity, and regulatory adherence. You will operate as a force multiplier, setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and aligning business, product, and engineering strategies across the enterprise.

What You'll Do

Enterprise Technical Leadership

• Define and drive multi-year technical strategy and architecture aligned with Walmart's business priorities.
• Act as a company-wide technical authority, influencing decisions across multiple teams and domains.
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives that span engineering, product, compliance, and operations.
• Establish and uphold engineering excellence standards across scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, using metrics and data to guide strategic decisions.

Platform Architecture & Scale

• Design and operate highly scalable distributed systems supporting 15,000+ transactions per second with high availability and low latency.
• Drive architectural patterns for resilience, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Lead modernization toward cloud-native, event-driven architectures.

Driver Trust, Safety & Compliance

• Architect systems to ensure driver trust and safety, including fraud detection, identity verification, and risk mitigation.
• Build scalable solutions for regulatory compliance across regions, including driver onboarding, verification, and audits.
• Partner with legal and compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements into technical systems.
• Proven Experience building Risk and Compliance Platform.

Driver Earnings & Experience

• Lead design of earnings platforms, including real-time earning calculation, incentives, payouts, and transparency tools.
• Experienced with ACH, Instant Payout, Payment processor integration
• Use experimentation and analytics to optimize driver engagement, retention, and fairness.

Security, IT Compliance, Identity & Data Protection

• Define enterprise-grade Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ) strategies.
• Drive implementation for ITGC, SOX
• Ensure data security, privacy, and governance across all systems.
• Drive adoption of secure-by-design principles and compliance with internal and external standards.

Data Platform & AI Enablement

• Architect and scale a modern data lake and data platform supporting batch and real-time workloads.
• Leverage AI/ML and knowledge systems for fraud detection, compliance automation, and driver insights.
• Enable data-driven decision-making through high-quality, governed data systems.

Vendor Integrations & Ecosystem

• Lead integrations with multiple external vendors (payments, identity, compliance, risk, etc.).
• Build extensible frameworks for rapid and secure partner onboarding.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Influence

• Align engineering efforts with business goals, product strategy, and operational needs.
• Influence across a matrixed organization, driving consensus among diverse stakeholders.
• Communicate complex technical strategies in terms of business impact and measurable outcomes.

Mentorship & Talent Development

• Mentor and coach engineers across levels, fostering technical growth and leadership development.
• Raise the bar for engineering craftsmanship and innovation across Walmart.
• Contribute to hiring, talent strategy, and succession planning.

What You'll Bring: Experience

• 20+ years of experience in software engineering, including significant time in large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven impact at Staff+, Principal, or Distinguished Engineer level.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide or cross-domain technical initiatives.
• Proven domain knowledge for gig delivery or Risk & Fraud or Earning & Compliance.

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise in:
  • Distributed systems and high-scale architectures
  • AuthN/AuthZ and security frameworks
  • Data platforms, data lakes, and real-time processing
  • Cloud-native technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • API design and third-party integrations
• Strong understanding of compliance, risk, and regulatory systems.

AI & Data

• Experience applying AI/ML to real-world problems (fraud, recommendations, automation).
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and security frameworks.

Leadership & Walmart Distinguished Traits

• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Influence across organizations without direct authority
  • Drive alignment across engineering, product, and business
  • Translate ambiguity into clear technical strategy and execution
• Strong communication skills with executives and technical teams.
• Track record of delivering impact through metrics-driven decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in gig economy, marketplace, mobility, or last-mile delivery platforms (e.g., Spark, rideshare, logistics).
• Background in Trust & Safety, risk systems, or compliance engineering.
• Experience scaling platforms serving millions of users or drivers.
• Strong product mindset focused on customer (driver) experience.

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 experts 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 its 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: 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.

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