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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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JOB TITLE: (USA) Principal, Software Engineer
As a Principal Software Engineer within the Data Ventures team, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities and cloud-native architectures. You will drive the full software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance, while mentoring engineering teams to foster technical excellence. Your daily work involves architecting distributed systems for high availability, real-time data processing, and integrating AI/ML capabilities into software products. You will utilize Python, Java, and C++ to build innovative solutions and manage CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response. This role focuses on technical strategy and reliability engineering to support Walmart Luminate, a platform providing actionable, customer-centric insights for CPGs and merchants to make informed, data-driven decisions through advanced data capabilities and cutting-edge technology.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Architect and implement cloud-native, distributed systems for high availability and real-time data processing.
Drive the full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Integrate AI/ML capabilities into software products to enhance customer and associate experiences.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams to promote best practices.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and measure success through clear metrics.
Maintain architectural documentation to ensure alignment with long-term platform goals.
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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 3 years of experience (preferred).
Demonstrate extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Possess proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design for high availability and fault tolerance.
Show proficiency in software development lifecycle management, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
Demonstrate the ability to architect AI/ML integrated applications using Python, Java, and C++.
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (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
Python
AI
ML
Cloud-native
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
Platform Engineering
Model-driven Design
Real-time Data Processing
Software Development Lifecycle
Monitoring
Incident Response
WCAG) 2.2 AA