(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Principal, Software Engineer leads the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration across multiple teams. This role oversees the full software development lifecycle, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance of distributed systems. The position requires strategic technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives. The Principal Engineer champions innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while maintaining architectural standards and fostering knowledge sharing within the organization. The team delivers advanced platform capabilities supporting ECOM Accounting functions, focusing on scalable, cloud-native architectures and AI-enhanced solutions. It drives the full software development lifecycle, emphasizing technical excellence, innovation, and operational reliability. Members collaborate across disciplines to design and implement robust systems, applying model-driven design and cloud engineering best practices. The team fosters knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. It values clear communication, technical mentorship, and proactive problem-solving to meet business needs and deliver high-quality solutions that support Walmart’s evolving technology landscape.

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading platform engineering initiatives, including shared infrastructure and scalable ML frameworks.
• Proficiency in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Strong expertise in full software development lifecycle management, including CI/CD, testing, and incident response.
• Demonstrated ability to architect AI-enhanced applications and integrate AI agents using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
• Proven leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions across teams.
• Skilled in applying model-driven design and leveraging modern development tools to enhance quality and velocity.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders to define technical requirements and metrics.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Architect and implement cloud-native, distributed systems ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Oversee full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response across multiple teams.
• Integrate AI agents and intelligent applications using modern programming languages and model-driven design principles.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and promote engineering best practices to enhance system interoperability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, measure success, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal