Principal, Software Engineer - Observability

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$143,000–$286,000 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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 189 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal, Software Engineer - Observability

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As an observability principal engineer, you will lead the architecture and development of cloud-native observability designs and managed services, focusing on scalability, latency, and fault-tolerance in large-scale distributed systems. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing telemetry software systems using technologies like data models, metric libraries, distributed tracing, and real-time streaming pipelines, while collaborating with enterprise architects, product managers, and engineers to bring R&D projects into production. Proficiency in Java is essential, along with experience in API/lib/SDK development, cloud infrastructures, and large-scale distributed systems. You will also leverage TSDBs for anomaly detection and system behavior projections, utilizing AI and machine learning techniques. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud technologies, real-time telemetry pipelines, and data warehousing, as well as strong communication skills to socialize architectural designs with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Java Kubernetes AWS InfluxDB Prometheus ETL Apache Kafka PostgreSQL Unix/Linux CI/CD SQL Python JavaScript Ansible Istio Micrometer OpenTelemetry Go

What you'll do

  • Design and develop large-scale distributed systems focusing on scalability, latency, and fault tolerance.
  • Create visionary software architectures for observability products using telemetry technologies like TSDBs and real-time data streaming pipelines.
  • Lead research initiatives for cloud-native designs in public and private clouds, integrating AI for anomaly detection.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring telemetry R&D projects into production at an enterprise-wide scale.
  • Utilize Java language proficiency to develop applications, libraries, SDKs, and services for observability solutions.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering with over 10 years of software engineering, design, and architecture experience.
  • Proficient in Java language and frameworks, with extensive development experience in Java applications, libraries, SDKs, and services.
  • Strong leadership in enterprise-level software implementation and architectural research, evaluation, creation, and distributed system deployment.
  • Experience in full-stack cloud software development, including API/lib/SDK development, integration, and utilization.
  • Expertise in large-scale distributed systems, real-time telemetry pipelines, TSDBs, data warehousing, and ETL processes.

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