(USA) Principal, Software Engineer
About The Position
The Principal Software Engineer leads platform engineering initiatives by delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions and reusable infrastructure components. This role drives the full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, integrating AI/ML capabilities and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. The position requires strategic technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives. The engineer applies sound judgment in architectural decisions, fosters continuous improvement, and champions innovation to support Walmart’s evolving technology landscape and long-term platform vision. The team advances AI Shopping by integrating with external partners to enhance experiences across Web, iOS, and Android platforms. Utilizing generative AI, they deliver personalized, context-aware support through scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and real-time mobile architectures. Collaboration with AI/ML, backend, and product teams ensures secure, high-performance solutions. The group emphasizes technical leadership, innovation, and operational excellence while fostering mentorship and continuous improvement. Together, they develop cloud-native platforms designed to manage large-scale traffic and data, ensuring reliability, extensibility, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Requirements
- Option 1: 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.
- Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
- Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
- Strong technical skills in software development lifecycle management, including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and incident response.
- Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
- Ability to apply model-driven design and leverage modern development tools to enhance velocity and quality.
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions across teams.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to engage cross-functional stakeholders and drive technical alignment.
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.
- Background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Responsibilities
- Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
- Drive full software development lifecycle management, including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance across multiple teams.
- Architect and implement AI/ML-enhanced applications supporting high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting best practices and architectural standardization.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into clear technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
- Ensure technical ownership by delivering quality solutions and resolving issues proactively.
- Foster continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of emerging technologies.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
