Principal Software Engineer - Tech

Wal-Mart•Sunnyvale, CA

40d•$95,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Shape the Future of Global Infrastructure at Walmart Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive the architecture and development of our next-generation Zero-Touch Networking platform. In this role, you'll design intelligent, scalable systems that transform how infrastructure is managed across one of the world's largest technology environments. This is a rare opportunity to apply your engineering leadership and deep technical expertise to solve real-world, global-scale infrastructure problems-automating systems that power over 10,000 locations and hundreds of millions of transactions daily. What you'll do... Shape the Future of Global Infrastructure at Walmart Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive the architecture and development of our next-generation Zero-Touch Networking platform. In this role, you'll design intelligent, scalable systems that transform how infrastructure is managed across one of the world's largest technology environments. This is a rare opportunity to apply your engineering leadership and deep technical expertise to solve real-world, global-scale infrastructure problems-automating systems that power over 10,000 locations and hundreds of millions of transactions daily. Note- "Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role".

Requirements

A strategic and hands-on engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building distributed systems or infrastructure platforms at scale.
Deep expertise in infrastructure as code, network automation, and intent-based system design.
Proficient in Go, Python, and frameworks like Django.
Comfortable operating in environments with high reliability and uptime expectations (SLOs, error budgets, on-call rotations).
Familiar with modern DevOps tooling: CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/alerting frameworks, GitOps practices.
Experienced with source-of-truth systems (e.g., NetBox) and hybrid/cloud-native environments (Azure, GCP a plus).
Strong communicator and technical influencer with a track record of leading by example.

Responsibilities

Define and lead architecture for core infrastructure automation components, including orchestrators, workflow engines, configuration managers, and auto-remediation pipelines.
Build and scale intent-based networking capabilities that abstract away manual operations and enable real-time, policy-driven infrastructure control.
Design extensible APIs and microservices that empower internal teams through intuitive, self-service automation.
Lead platform reliability practices-ensuring high availability, robust observability, and clear incident response workflows.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (networking, SRE, cloud, security, observability) to align technical solutions with business needs.
Mentor and influence engineers across the organization, shaping Walmart's infrastructure engineering culture and best practices.

Benefits

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.
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.