Walmart

PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart
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3 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own front-end architecture for internal and partner-facing dashboards, data-quality tools, observability consoles, self-service portals, and admin tooling.
  • Design and implement scalable component libraries, design-system integrations, and enterprise micro-frontend patterns.
  • Partner with Product, UX/Design, backend, and data engineering teams to deliver performant, accessible user experiences.
  • Drive adoption of Walmart’s Living Design system and WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards.
  • Lead code and design reviews and establish standards for performance, testing, accessibility, and code quality.
  • Mentor Senior and Staff front-end engineers and increase their technical and architectural scope.
  • Resolve cross-team UI blockers involving API contracts, design-system gaps, and upstream data contracts.
  • Own front-end performance, error monitoring, observability, and reliability.
  • Evaluate front-end tools, frameworks, and patterns and represent UI engineering in architecture and design-system reviews.

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of professional front-end or UI engineering experience with large-scale production web applications, with Walmart’s minimum qualifications allowing either a bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of software engineering experience or 7 years of experience without the degree.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Expert proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern component framework, with React strongly preferred.
  • Deep experience with component-driven architecture, design systems, and state management such as Redux or Context API.
  • Strong knowledge of web performance optimization, responsive design, and WCAG 2.1/2.2 Level AA accessibility.
  • Experience with front-end testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, or Cypress.
  • Experience leading UI architecture decisions across multiple teams, aligning stakeholders without direct authority, and mentoring Senior or Staff engineers.
  • Preferred experience includes internal data tooling, enterprise design systems, data-visualization libraries, micro-frontends, GraphQL or REST APIs, and internationalized multi-language products.
  • A master’s degree plus 3 years of software engineering experience is a preferred qualification.

Benefits

  • The role is based in the Bangalore or Chennai office and requires daily work from the office, with flexibility to manage personal life.
  • Benefits include performance incentive awards, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, health benefits, and other benefits.

Tech Stack

CypressD3.jsGraphQLJavaScriptJestReactReduxTypeScript

Categories

Walmart

About Walmart

10,000+ employees

Walmart is a global omnichannel retailer that sells groceries, general merchandise, and services through Walmart and Sam's Club stores and online marketplaces for consumers and small businesses. Its model spans physical retail, e-commerce, advertising, and a vast supply chain, plus pharmacy, health, and financial services. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart Inc. is a public company on the NYSE (WMT) operating in the U.S. and multiple international markets.

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