(USA) Principal, Software Engineer
About The Position
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, advancing cloud-native architectures and AI/ML integration. You will provide strategic technical leadership across multiple teams, align engineering work with long-term roadmaps and business objectives, oversee the full software development lifecycle, mentor engineering teams, and promote engineering and operational excellence. In collaboration with cross-functional partners, you will translate complex business needs into technical solutions and support Walmart’s evolving technology landscape. The OneSource team architects and delivers enterprise-grade solutions for sourcing and product development. It uses technologies including Java, Spring Boot, React, and agentic systems, integrating with Walmart’s core platforms to deliver intelligent automation. The team focuses on reducing manual effort and errors, global scalability, cloud-native architecture, and AI-enhanced applications. This position leads platform engineering for scalable cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling; guides distributed-systems development and AI/ML integration; and designs agentic workflows that safely call internal MCP tools and Java/Spring Boot microservices, including authentication and guardrails. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
Requirements
- Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 5 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
- Option 2: 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
- Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
- Expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed-system design, including high availability and fault tolerance.
- Technical execution experience across the software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
- Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
- Ability to mentor technical teams and influence architectural decisions across multiple teams.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements and measure success.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and high technical standards.
- Hands-on experience designing, extending, or operating MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to expose functional capabilities as tools for agentic and LLM-based systems.
- Experience building or integrating with super-agent systems, including agent orchestration, tool-calling, and prompt/skill design.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field and 4 years of experience in software engineering or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
- Drive software development lifecycle activities, including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance of distributed systems optimized for AI/ML integration.
- Architect intelligent software solutions using model-driven design and advanced programming languages to improve system performance and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influence architectural standards, and foster engineering excellence across teams.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
- Promote continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of software engineering best practices.
- Design agentic workflows that safely call internal MCP tools and Java/Spring Boot microservices, including authentication and guardrails for autonomous or semi-autonomous actions.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off, including sick leave
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
