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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
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$121,000–$242,000
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JOB TITLE: Principal, Software Engineer
As a Principal, Software Engineer on the Marketplace Platform team, you will drive the architecture, design, and maintenance of advanced frameworks to enhance marketplace capabilities for sellers and channel partners. You will spend sixty percent of your time on hands-on coding, debugging, and optimizing applications while providing mentorship to junior engineers and collaborating with product and UX/UI teams. Your work involves managing the Marketplace Platform for experience and API, ensuring robust performance and seamless integrations. You will utilize a technical stack including Java for backend services, ReactJS and TypeScript for frontend development, and microservices architecture. Key skills include experience with RESTful APIs, distributed systems, SQL, NoSQL, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies like GCP or Azure within an e-commerce context.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.
Design and maintain scalable architectural frameworks for Walmart's Marketplace capabilities.
Spend 60% of your time on hands-on coding, debugging, and optimizing application code.
Conduct rigorous code reviews to ensure high quality and adherence to best practices.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers to foster professional growth.
Manage the Marketplace Platform for experience and API to support third-party sellers.
Monitor application health and proactively address critical performance issues.
Collaborate with product and UX/UI teams to deliver seamless system integrations.
Lead technological innovations and drive the adoption of cutting-edge technologies.
What we're looking for
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.
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 (preferred).
Proficiency in Microservice architecture for backend services.
Expertise in TypeScript and frontend frameworks such as React.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, system design, and microservices architecture.
Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with both SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as caching solutions.
Experience working in platform teams or building shared tools and frameworks for other developers.
Proven ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
Prior experience with cloud-native technologies (GCP/Azure) and DevOps practices.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrated leadership abilities to lead projects and mentor junior team members.
Experience in e-commerce or marketplace platforms.
Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
Exposure to developer productivity, observability, or DevOps tools (preferred).
Contributions to open-source projects or active involvement in internal platform evangelism (preferred).
Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).
Cloud-Native Architecture
Distributed Systems
AI/ML
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Real-time Data Processing
Software Development Lifecycle
Model-driven Design
WCAG) 2.2 AA
Python
Java
C++
AI/ML
Cloud-native
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Observability
Software Development Lifecycle
Real-time Data Processing
Testing
WCAG) 2.2 AA