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: 5 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.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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As a (USA) Principal, Software Engineer, you will join the Unified Recommendations Platform team to lead platform engineering initiatives. You will be responsible for delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions, reusable infrastructure components, and intelligent systems that support high-volume recommendation services. Your daily work involves driving the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, CI/CD deployment, and incident response. You will architect data pipelines and distributed systems while integrating AI/ML technologies to solve complex business needs. The role requires technical expertise in Python, Java, and cloud computing architecture principles. You will provide strategic leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. This position focuses on advancing foundational capabilities for real-time data processing and enhancing system reliability across the organization.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1206 postings across 79 companies.

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Skills

Python Java AI ML Cloud Computing CI/CD Distributed Systems Data Pipelines Platform Engineering Software Development Lifecycle Model-driven Design WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures aligned with strategic roadmaps.
Drive full software development lifecycle activities including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance across multiple teams.
Architect and implement AI-enhanced applications and intelligent systems supporting millions of users.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to influence architectural standards and foster engineering excellence.
Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable outcomes with stakeholders.
Promote continuous improvement by adopting innovative tools and practices to enhance system performance and reliability.
Build data pipelines and distributed systems to support high-volume recommendation processing.

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 or related area.
Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
Proven ability to lead full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and incident response.
Strong expertise in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python or Java.
Hands-on experience building data pipelines, data processing workflows, and distributed systems to support high-volume recommendation.
Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship capabilities fostering engineering excellence and innovation.
Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area (preferred).

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