Principal Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 45 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 719 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 592 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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As a (USA) Principal, Software Engineer, you will join the Marketplace and Walmart Fulfillment Services platform engineering team to lead efforts in delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions and reusable infrastructure. You will manage the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance of distributed systems. Your daily work involves architecting AI-enhanced applications using multi-step reasoning agents and model-driven design while ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. You must demonstrate proficiency in multiple programming languages, CI/CD, observability, and incident response. The role focuses on solving complex technical problems within high-scale environments to support real-time data processing and platform evolution. You will provide strategic technical leadership and mentorship to foster engineering excellence and architectural standardization across the organization.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1206 postings across 79 companies.

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Skills

Platform Engineering Cloud-Native Distributed Systems AI ML CI/CD Observability Model-Driven Design Software Development Lifecycle Real-time Data Processing Incident Response WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Manage the full software development lifecycle including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance of distributed systems.
Architect AI-enhanced applications integrating multi-step reasoning agents and model-driven design.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to influence architectural standards and foster engineering excellence.
Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable outcomes with cross-functional teams.
Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and system reliability through sound architectural decisions.
Drive engineering standards across distributed, high-scale environments to support business growth.

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.
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 (preferred).
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
Proven expertise in designing and implementing distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
Strong proficiency in technical solution design, debugging, and requirements analysis across multiple programming languages.
Demonstrated ability to lead full software development lifecycles, including CI/CD, observability, and incident response.
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).

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