Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CABellevue, WA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 20 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 825 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

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The Principal, Software Engineer - Full Stack joins the Membership Experience Engineering team to lead platform engineering efforts and deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions. This role involves providing architectural consultation, driving the full software development lifecycle, and building intelligent systems that serve millions of users. You will architect and implement AI-enhanced applications, mentor engineering teams, and translate business needs into technical requirements. Key technical requirements include mastery of the Java SDK, Services, and event-driven design, along with experience in NoSQL databases, CI/CD, testing, observability, and incident response. You will also leverage model-driven design and AI agents to solve complex problems. The work focuses on enhancing shopping journeys by developing reusable infrastructure components and integrating external data sources, APIs, and web-services into the enterprise infrastructure.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Java Cloud-Native CI/CD NoSQL event driven design AI/ML APIs web-services Observability Model-Driven Design Software Development Lifecycle Testing Incident Response WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Provide software architectural consultation for scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures.
Drive full software development lifecycle activities including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Architect and implement AI-enhanced applications and intelligent systems for millions of users.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams to promote best practices.
Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
Ensure high-quality deliverables through sound technical judgment and proactive issue resolution.
Foster continuous improvement by integrating feedback and advancing engineering processes and tools.

What we're looking for

Obtain a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5 years of software engineering experience, or 7 years of software engineering experience.
Master's degree in a related field and 3 years of software engineering experience (preferred).
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
Mastery with Java SDK, Services, and various methods of event-driven design processing of systems.
Strong proficiency in software development lifecycle management, including CI/CD, testing, observability, and incident response.
Demonstrated ability to apply model-driven design and leverage AI agents for intelligent software solutions.
Experience integrating data sources, APIs, and web-services external to the enterprise infrastructure.
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).
NoSQL Databases experience (preferred).

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