Walmart

(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart
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2 days ago
Bentonville, AR, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$110k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform engineering initiatives involving scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks.
  • Drive software design, coding, testing, deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and incident response across multiple teams.
  • Architect distributed cloud-native systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities.
  • Integrate AI agents and intelligent applications using model-driven design techniques.
  • Mentor engineers and influence architectural standards, technical decisions, and engineering best practices.
  • Translate stakeholder needs into technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
  • Champion continuous improvement in engineering processes, technologies, and tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus 5 years of software engineering or related experience, or 7 years of software engineering or related experience.
  • Extensive experience leading platform engineering efforts and delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
  • Expertise designing distributed systems for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
  • Experience leading full software development lifecycles, including testing, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Strong technical solution design, debugging, and requirements analysis skills.
  • Proficiency with AI agents and model-driven design.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.
  • Preferred: relevant master’s degree plus 3 years of software engineering experience.
  • Preferred: experience with WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k), stock purchase plan, company-paid life insurance, and performance-based bonuses.
  • Paid time off including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
  • Short- and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
  • Walmart-paid education benefits covering eligible tuition, books, and fees from high school completion through bachelor’s degrees and certificates.
  • The position is located in Bentonville, Arkansas; benefits depend on classification, eligibility, and length of employment.

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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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