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Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$121,000–$242,000
across 473 roles with salary data.
As a (USA) Principal, Software Engineer, you will join the OneSource team to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities and cloud-native architectures. You will oversee the full software development lifecycle, mentoring engineering teams while translating complex business needs into actionable technical solutions. Your daily work involves architecting intelligent software, designing agentic workflows, and building reusable tooling to support AI/ML integration. You will utilize a technical stack including Java, Spring Boot, React, Python, and C++. Specifically, you will work with Model Context Protocol servers to expose functional capabilities for agentic and LLM-based systems. This role solves the challenge of reducing manual effort and errors by creating unified, intelligent automation experiences and high-availability distributed systems for global retail technology.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Drive full software development lifecycle activities for distributed systems optimized for AI/ML integration.
Architect intelligent software solutions using model-driven design to enhance system performance and reliability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to influence architectural standards across multiple engineering teams.
Translate complex business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
Design agentic workflows that call internal MCP tools and Java/Spring Boot microservices with safety guardrails.
Promote continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of software engineering best practices.
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 software engineering 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 infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using Python, Java, and C++.
Hands-on experience designing, extending, or operating MCP servers for agentic and LLM-based systems.
Experience building or integrating with super-agent systems, including agent orchestration, tool-calling, and prompt/skill design.
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
Cloud-native Architecture
Distributed Systems
AI/ML
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Real-time Data Processing
Observability
Model-driven Design
AI Agents
WCAG) 2.2 AA