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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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Listed pay typically runs
$121,000–$242,000
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The (USA) Principal, Software Engineer joins the International Recommendations Platform team to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities. This role focuses on driving cloud-native architecture and distributed system solutions to support long-term business goals. You will oversee the full software development lifecycle, building intelligent applications that integrate AI/ML technologies, multi-step reasoning, and model-driven design to serve millions of users. Key responsibilities include providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high availability and real-time data processing. You will utilize Python, Java, and C++ while leveraging CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response tools. The work involves developing a multi-tenant framework for personalized experiences, creating reusable tooling, and building advanced ML frameworks to enhance customer engagement and global business outcomes.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and advanced ML frameworks.
Drive the full software development lifecycle to ensure high availability and real-time data processing.
Architect and implement AI-enhanced applications using multi-step reasoning and model-driven design.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to promote engineering excellence and standardization across teams.
Translate business needs into clear technical requirements and measurable success metrics with stakeholders.
Maintain architectural documentation to ensure the quality, reliability, and continuous improvement of software solutions.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 5 years of experience.
Alternatively, must have 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Must have extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Must have proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
Must be proficient in software development lifecycle management, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
Must be able to architect AI/ML integrated applications using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
Must possess effective technical leadership and mentorship capabilities to foster engineering excellence.
Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 3 years of experience (preferred).
Python
Java
C++
AI/ML
Cloud-native Architecture
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Software Development Lifecycle
Monitoring
Incident Management
Real-time Data Processing
WCAG) 2.2 AA