Staff, Software Engineer
Sam's Club
Sunnyvale, CA, US
Onsite
2026-06-18
Announced salary
$143,000 - $286,000
Low
$86K
Median
$120K
High
$155K
Market in Sunnyvale · BLS OEWS 2024
Estimated net pay
$8,336 - $15,338
/month · 30% withheld
after tax & contributions · Single, no dependents
Job description
**Position Summary...**
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**What you'll do...**
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Platform Engineering Execution: Delivers platform capabilities within a sub\-organization or technical area, including infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks (for example, CI/CD, SDKs, model runtimes, feature stores). Aligns development efforts with roadmap milestones and domain priorities to ensure cohesive execution. Applies cloud\-native architecture principles (for example, microservices, containers, automation) to achieve scalability, resilience, and agility across systems. Software Development \& Lifecycle Ownership: Drives the full software development lifecycle: coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, observability, monitoring, and maintenance. Leads infrastructure and tooling development to accelerate engineering productivity, enhance developer experience, and support platform goals. Conducts system design reviews to validate feasibility, ensure quality, and confirm alignment with project goals and architectural best practices. AI/ML Integration \& Product Development: Builds AI\-driven applications and intelligent automation features using languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust, Dart, and C\+\+. Integrates AI agents and ML components that support multi\-step reasoning and automation using platforms like GitHub Copilot. Applies design patterns and principles to ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, modular, and scalable. Technical Leadership \& Mentorship: Mentors engineers and junior leaders across teams, fostering technical growth, psychological safety, and continuous learning. Influences architectural and technical decisions, advocating for standardization, reusability, and long\-term sustainability. Enables team members through delegation, documentation, developer tool selection, and design guidance. Customer/Associate Problem Definition \& Metrics: Engages product and business stakeholders to identify and refine complex user problems