Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart

Quick summary

Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k

This role $214k

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This role pays more than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $161,500–$213,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $187k 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 190 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$220,000 across 182 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal, Software Engineer

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As a Principal Software Engineer on Walmart’s Data Security Platform team, you will design and build highly scalable distributed systems that protect petabytes of data across various sources. Your responsibilities include architecting large-scale security solutions for authentication, authorization, auditing, and data protection while ensuring minimal performance overhead. You will drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize system reliability and scalability. The role requires extensive experience in Java and Go, deep knowledge of distributed systems, SQL and NoSQL databases, and expertise in cloud-native architectures. This platform addresses critical enterprise challenges involving real-time policy enforcement and large-scale data processing at Walmart’s scale.

Skills

Java Go SQL NoSQL CI/CD Kubernetes Docker Python Rust C++ AWS GitHub Copilot Prometheus Grafana Spring Boot Maven Git Jenkins

What you'll do

Architect and build large-scale distributed systems for enterprise data security.
Design highly scalable and resilient services for authentication, authorization, auditing, and data protection.
Develop solutions that enforce fine-grained access controls with minimal performance overhead.
Drive technical strategy and influence cross-functional engineering teams and stakeholders.
Optimize system performance, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
Deep expertise in Java, Go, SQL, and NoSQL databases with hands-on coding skills.
Proven ability to design and architect complex distributed systems for production environments.
Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills with leadership in technical initiatives.
Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence at scale.

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