Staff UX Designer - Enterprise Accessibility & Systems

Walmart is seeking a Staff UX Designer to lead user experience solutions, enterprise design strategy, and digital accessibility compliance across a portfolio of high-impact merchandising, e-commerce, and business systems. Located in Sunnyvale, CA, this role translates strategic business goals into extensible, scalable, and highly accessible UX frameworks.

In this strategic role, you will define design methods, build process flows and wireframes, conduct accessibility audits, and partner directly with Engineering Architects, Product Managers, and Merchandising leads. Serving as an enterprise accessibility champion, you will establish "shift-left" inclusive design standards—utilizing assistive technologies, WCAG guidelines, and Figma prototyping to ensure digital experiences serve all customers seamlessly.

Key Responsibilities

• UX Strategy & Frameworks: Drive end-to-end user experience solutions across project portfolios; build scalable, reliable, and extensible design patterns, process flows, site maps, and wireframes.
• Enterprise Accessibility Leadership: Champion inclusive design principles, shift-left accessibility practices, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance across design, engineering, and product teams.
• Technical Accessibility Testing: Conduct manual and automated accessibility audits using screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack), browser developer tools (Chrome/Firefox DevTools), and assistive inputs.
• Figma Design Reviews: Perform accessibility reviews on Figma mockups and prototypes to validate color contrast, typography, ARIA roles/states, and keyboard navigation before code implementation.
• Engineering Collaboration: Partner with Engineering Architects and Product Leads to evaluate solution efficacy, review PRDs, supervise detailed design specifications, and align on workflow feasibility.
• Customer Discovery & Analytics: Interpret web analytics, user surveys, and customer support data; lead contextual inquiries, user interviews, storyboarding, and journey mapping to eliminate experience gaps.
• Executive Alignment: Present design frameworks, transitional roadmaps, and portfolio trade-offs to senior leadership to achieve organizational alignment.

Requirements

Education & Base Experience

Must meet one of the following minimum education and experience combinations:

• Master’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) in UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, Computer Science, IT, or related field + 2 years of experience in UI/UX, interactive/visual design, or multimedia design; OR
• Bachelor’s Degree (or foreign equivalent) in UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, Computer Science, IT, or related field + 4 years of experience in UI/UX, interactive/visual design, or multimedia design.

Specialized Skills & Technical Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) roles, properties, and states.
• Proficiency writing HTML and CSS structured specifically around web accessibility standards.
• Practical experience with screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack) and magnification/voice tools (ZoomText, Dragon NaturallySpeaking).
• Hands-on experience conducting manual keyboard-only navigation testing, accessibility scans, and generating remediation reports.
• Experience inspecting and debugging DOM/accessibility trees using Chrome/Firefox DevTools.
• Expertise using Figma for accessible UI mockup design, token management, and prototype testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting team training workshops on shift-left accessibility practices.
• Proven track record in large-scale retail, e-commerce, or enterprise SaaS design environments.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation: Base salary range of $200,304 – $286,000 USD / year + performance-based annual/quarterly incentive awards.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage; disability protection.
• Financial Security: 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase plan, and company-paid life insurance.
• Education & Family Care: 100% company-paid college tuition/degree program through Live Better U, paid parental leave, family care leave, adoption reimbursement, and military service pay.
• Paid Time Off: Paid time off (PTO including sick leave), jury duty, bereavement, and voting leave.