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Senior Data Enginner

at Walmart

📍 Bentonville, AR Unknown 💰 $92K – $180K USD / year Posted March 29, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $92K – $180K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 1+ years (with Master's) or 3+ years (with Bachelor's)
Education Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

Senior Data Engineer at Walmart responsible for data strategy, data transformation and integration, data modeling, and governance to support data-driven decisions and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

  • Data Strategy
  • Data Source Identification
  • Data Transformation and Integration
  • Data Modeling
  • Code Development and Testing

Technical Overview

Involves building ETL pipelines with Spark (Scala/Python), Kafka-based streaming, data modeling (Snowflake, Star Schema), and cloud-based data platforms across AWS/GCP/Azure; uses Tableau/Excel for analytics and Jenkins/Git for CI/CD.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with a master's or bachelor's in a data/CS field and 1-3 years of software engineering experience; strong with data pipelines, ETL, Spark, Kafka, SQL, and cloud platforms.

Must-Have Skills

Master's degree or the equivalent in Computer ScienceInformation TechnologyEngineeringBusiness Analytics or a related field plus 1 year of experience in software engineering or related experience OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Computer ScienceInformation TechnologyEngineeringBusiness Analytics or a related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related experienceExperience with ETL pipelinesSpark (Scala or Python)KafkaSQLand data modeling

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with cloud platforms (AWSGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft Azure)CI/CD pipelinesJenkinsGitTableau

Tools & Platforms

JenkinsGitTableauExcelAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft AzureAirflowSAP BWUnix ShellSnowflakeSAP BW

Required Skills

Data EngineeringETLSparkKafkaSpark StreamingSQL ServerOracleTeradataSQLSpark SQLHiveTableauExcelJenkinsGitAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft AzureAirflowSAP BWUnix ShellScalaPythonSnowflakeStar SchemaData ModelingData WarehouseData MartData Governance

Hard Skills

Spark with Scala or PythonKafkaSpark Streaming or Structured StreamingSQL ServerOracleTeradataSQLSpark SQLHiveTableauExcelJenkinsGitAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformMicrosoft AzureAirflowSAP BWUnix ShellScalaPythonSnowflakeStar SchemaData Modeling

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationProblem solvingMentoringLeadershipCross-functional communication

Industry & Role

Industry Retail
Job Function Create and manage data pipelines and governance to enable analytics and BI across Walmart
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Tableau, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure

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Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with required data stack (Spark, Kafka), Lack of cloud experience, Lack of data modeling experience

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