(usa) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Principal Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving technical excellence across multiple teams. This role oversees the full software development lifecycle, applying cloud-native principles and distributed system architectures to support high availability and AI/ML integration. The position requires strategic technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives. The Principal Engineer champions innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while ensuring solutions meet quality standards and long-term platform evolution goals.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps.
  2. Drive full software development lifecycle including design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance across multiple teams.
  3. Architect cloud-native, distributed systems ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities.
  4. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting best practices and architectural consistency.
  5. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into clear technical requirements and measurable success metrics.

Skills

Required

  • Java
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • software development
  • architecture
  • solution design
  • large-scale, distributed systems
  • continuous integration
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • test automation
  • platform engineering
  • scalable, fault-tolerant cloud-native architectures
  • technical leadership
  • mentorship
  • collaboration
  • communication

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area
  • 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards
  • assistive technologies
  • integrating digital accessibility

What the JD emphasized

  • AI/ML integration
  • building intelligent software systems
  • real-time data processing capabilities

Other signals

  • AI/ML integration
  • building intelligent software systems
  • scalable platform capabilities
  • cloud-native principles
  • distributed system architectures