Walmart

PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER - WFS

Walmart
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15 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end technical design for complex initiatives spanning APIs, user interfaces, data models, distributed systems, and cross-cutting concerns.
  • Author and review RFCs and architecture decision records for the platform.
  • Write, test, deploy, and maintain production-grade software while solving performance, reliability, and scalability challenges.
  • Own the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and observability.
  • Conduct deep-dive code reviews and lead technical investigations for P0/P1 incidents, root-cause analyses, and permanent fixes.
  • Define non-functional requirements, design resilient systems, instrument observability, and create operational runbooks.
  • Architect AI-native capabilities such as intelligent API health monitoring, AI-assisted seller onboarding, smart alerting, and anomaly detection.
  • Use AI tooling across the engineering lifecycle and advocate for AI-augmented practices through demos, pairing, guides, and cross-team investments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and five years of software engineering or related experience, or seven years of software engineering or related experience.
  • World-class expertise in distributed systems, API design, platform engineering, architecture, and complex problem solving.
  • Proficiency with GitHub Copilot, Wibey, and LLM-based tooling as daily development tools.
  • Ability to lead technical design, incident response, reliability engineering, architecture reviews, and production delivery.
  • Preferred: master's degree in a relevant field and three years of software engineering or related experience.
  • Preferred: knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, digital accessibility best practices, and inclusive product development.

Benefits

  • Performance incentive awards, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, health benefits, and other benefits.
  • The role is based in the Walmart Bangalore office for daily work, with flexibility to manage personal lives.

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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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