R-2486843

Job description

Own the Performance Architecture

Define the long-term architectural vision for an enterprise continuous profiling platform capable of safely executing across multi-tenant Kubernetes environments at massive scale.

Drive Runtime Innovation

Lead the technical evaluation, implementation, and deployment of advanced introspection technologies, balancing in-process runtime diagnostics (e.g., Async Profiler, JFR tracking) against system-wide, kernel-level instrumentation (e.g., eBPF-powered frameworks like Zymtrace).

Architect for Strict Compliance

Establish the end-to-end security wrapper, access controls, and data-sanitization pipelines for profiling artifacts, ensuring zero leakage of sensitive data (PAN/SAD) within highly regulated Cardholder Data Environments (CDE) to satisfy PCI-DSS requirements.

Optimize Infrastructure Efficiency

Collaborate with Platform Engineering to leverage profiling insights into automated scheduling enhancements, resource utilization metrics, and intelligent bin-packing, directly converting telemetry into measurable cloud capacity savings.

Influence and Standardize

Act as the primary authority on runtime internals across Global Tech, guiding critical architectural trade-offs, driving the adoption of standardized profiling patterns, and mentoring engineering teams on advanced diagnostics.

What You’ll Bring

Deep Runtime Internals Expertise: Comprehensive, low-level mastery of the HotSpot JVM (Java 17 and above), including garbage collection mechanics, JIT compiler dynamics (C1/C2), execution loop thread dynamics, and native memory management.

Advanced Introspection Capabilities

Proven hands-on experience building or scaling continuous profiling solutions utilizing AsyncGetCallTrace, Java Flight Recorder (JFR), or deploying Linux perf_events and hardware performance counters.

Kernel-Level & eBPF Systems Engineering

Deep understanding of Linux operating system kernels, process schedulers, and memory maps, with practical exposure to writing, verifier-validating, and deploying eBPF bytecode via node-level DaemonSets.

High-Compliance Architecture Design

Demonstrable experience navigating security contexts, container sandboxing, and access controls (RBAC/mTLS) within scoped compliance boundaries, with a solid grasp of balancing infrastructure privileges against engineering visibility needs.

Strategic Technical Leadership

A proven track record of guiding cross-functional engineering directions, defining architecture for mission-critical platform tools, and executing large-scale technology rollouts across a global footprint. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.

Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.

It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. 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. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .

Sunnyvale, California US-11657

The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 Bentonville, Arkansas US-30095: The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock

Qualifications

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 or related area.

Option 2

8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.