(USA) Software Engineer III at Walmart
Bentonville, AR
$90,000–$180,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Bentonville, AR
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on building and maintaining a large-scale, self-serve experimentation platform used across Walmart's digital products. Day-to-day work spans real-time assignment engines, data pipelines, analytics infrastructure, and developer tooling that support A/B testing and feature flagging at high traffic volumes. The role suits engineers with backend or distributed systems experience who are comfortable working in cloud environments and contributing across the full development lifecycle.
Mid level · 2+ years · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80 people in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 45–120
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $107,442 (middle half $83,272–$131,397). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role requires proficiency in at least one of Java, Scala, Go, Rust, or Node.js — Java is listed as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives since any one satisfies the requirement.
Cloud experience is required but open-ended ('GCP, Azure, or equivalent'); GCP is listed as primary with Azure as an alternative per the posting's ordering.
The minimum qualification allows either a Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience OR 4 years of experience alone — degree is not a hard gate, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Streaming/batch processing tools (Kafka, Spark, BigQuery), containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and A/B Testing / Feature Flag experience all appear under the explicit 'Preferred Qualifications' section.
The wide salary range ($90k–$180k) likely reflects the full band across multiple levels; the posting itself carries no seniority label in the title. Requirements (2+ years, guided by senior engineers) point to a Mid-level role.
A Master's degree in CS is listed as a preferred qualification only, not a hard requirement.
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