Principal Software Engineer, Marketplace

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

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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.

Listed pay typically runs $121,000–$242,000 across 473 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Marketplace

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As a Principal, Software Engineer - Marketplace, you will join the Marketplace Engineering team to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities. You will drive the full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, focusing on building reusable tooling, cloud-native architectures, and AI/ML frameworks. Your daily responsibilities include architecting intelligent software systems, providing technical leadership and mentorship, and ensuring high availability and real-time data processing. You will utilize model-driven design, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools to enhance development velocity. The work involves managing the entire seller lifecycle, monitoring customer interactions, and delivering insights to help sellers optimize assortment, pricing, and inventory. You will solve complex problems by integrating AI-driven solutions into the core marketplace platform to support high-performance systems.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Cloud-native Architecture AI/ML Distributed Systems CI/CD Real-time Data Processing Platform Engineering Model-driven Design Observability Software Development Lifecycle Testing AI Agents

What you'll do

Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks.
Drive the full software development lifecycle across multiple teams to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
Architect and integrate intelligent software systems using cloud-native principles and model-driven design.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to influence architectural decisions and promote engineering excellence.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and measure success metrics for business objectives.
Identify opportunities to enhance tools, processes, and products to foster continuous improvement.
Design and implement distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.

What we're looking for

Obtain a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 5 years of experience.
Alternatively, possess 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 4 years of experience in software engineering or related field (preferred).
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
Proven expertise in designing and implementing distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
Strong technical proficiency in software development lifecycle management, including CI/CD pipelines, testing, and observability.
Demonstrated ability to apply model-driven design and leverage AI agents to enhance software solutions.
Skilled in mentoring engineers and influencing architectural decisions to promote maintainability and interoperability.

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