Walmart

PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart
Apply
15 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build scalable, distributed, cloud-native systems and platform capabilities.
  • Design, develop, and optimize APIs and microservices with emphasis on performance, security, and reliability.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and resolve business-critical production issues.
  • Provide production support through troubleshooting, triage, and live issue resolution.
  • Implement deployment, observability, monitoring, and alerting practices for production systems.
  • Enable machine learning training and inference workflows for Walmart’s data science community.
  • Establish observability, lineage, and automated governance controls for responsible and auditable AI asset use.
  • Own deliverables from development through QA and production deployment.
  • Guide junior team members and support customers with issue resolution and best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area with 5 years of software engineering experience, or 7 years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience architecting and building complex cloud-native systems with scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and high-volume transaction processing requirements.
  • Strong proficiency in Spring Boot, including REST APIs, dependency injection, and configuration management.
  • Expertise in Java, JVM internals, concurrency, and multithreading.
  • Basic programming skills in Python.
  • Experience with Spring Data JPA or Hibernate, ORM optimization, and database transaction management.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes deployment techniques.
  • Experience with Azure or GCP.
  • Advanced understanding of machine learning and generative AI, including AI governance and automated controls.
  • Exposure to Apache Spark or Ray.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree with 3 years of software engineering experience and familiarity with WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility practices.

Benefits

  • The role is based in the Bangalore or Chennai office for daily work.
  • Benefits include performance incentive awards, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, and health benefits.
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.

Contact me