Principal Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CABentonville, AR
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 39 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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 724 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: (USA) Principal, Software Engineer As a Principal Software Engineer – Mobile, you will join the team building AI-powered shopping experiences for iOS and Android apps. You will define architecture, establish reusable mobile patterns, and lead complex initiatives to integrate Generative AI into shopping journeys. Your daily work involves building AI-native patterns for conversational, generative UI, multimodal, and agentic experiences while creating reusable frameworks. You will solve technical challenges regarding streaming, dynamic UI, performance, and reliability. The role requires expertise in Swift/SwiftUI and Kotlin/Jetpack Compose, along with knowledge of distributed systems and mobile/backend architecture. You will partner with data science and AI platform teams to translate emerging technologies into intuitive commerce experiences, specifically addressing the technical problems of bringing large-scale AI capabilities to a massive consumer platform.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1223 postings across 78 companies.

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Skills

Swift SwiftUI Kotlin Jetpack Compose iOS Android Generative AI LLMs Distributed Systems Mobile Architecture WCAG) 2.2 AA Agentic Systems Streaming Mobile Frameworks

What you'll do

Define architecture for AI-powered experiences across iOS and Android applications.
Build AI-native patterns for conversational, generative UI, multimodal, and agentic experiences.
Create reusable mobile frameworks to enable AI capabilities across the shopping journey.
Solve technical challenges involving streaming, dynamic UI, performance, and application lifecycle.
Drive architecture across Swift/SwiftUI and Kotlin/Jetpack Compose platforms.
Lead complex cross-team initiatives and technical architecture reviews.
Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the organization.

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.
Deep experience building large-scale native iOS and/or Android applications.
Expertise in Swift/SwiftUI and/or Kotlin/Jetpack Compose and modern mobile architecture.
Track record of designing reusable platforms, frameworks, or capabilities used across teams.
Experience defining technical strategy and leading complex, cross-organizational initiatives.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, performance, reliability, and mobile/backend architecture.
Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, conversational, multimodal, or agentic systems (preferred).

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