Walmart

(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart
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Bentonville, AR, USA or Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$110k - $286k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform engineering initiatives involving scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Design, code, test, deploy, and maintain software across multiple teams.
  • Architect AI-enhanced applications and intelligent systems supporting millions of users.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and influence over architectural decisions.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and measurable outcomes.
  • Improve system availability, reliability, performance, and engineering practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus five years of software engineering or related experience, or seven years of relevant experience.
  • Extensive experience leading platform engineering initiatives and delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
  • Expertise designing distributed systems for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
  • Proficiency with software development lifecycle management, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Ability to apply model-driven design and leverage AI agents in software solutions.
  • Experience mentoring engineering teams and influencing architectural decisions.
  • Preferred: master’s degree in a related field plus three years of relevant experience.
  • Preferred: knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility practices.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k), stock purchase, company-paid life insurance, and performance-based bonuses.
  • PTO/PPTO, sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, and adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
  • Walmart-paid education benefits covering eligible tuition, books, and fees from high school completion through bachelor’s degrees and short-form certificates.
  • The position is located in Bentonville, Arkansas or Sunnyvale, California.

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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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