Walmart

(IND) PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart
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3 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop scalable cross-border trade platforms, services, and cloud-based applications for Walmart’s global marketplace.
  • Lead technical architecture, discovery, design discussions, project scopes, milestones, and cross-cutting engineering solutions.
  • Guide and mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote coding standards, design patterns, testing, and development best practices.
  • Provide technical authority and hands-on direction across distributed systems, performance, security, scalability, and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, DevOps, partner platform teams, and technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation and presentations communicating architectural decisions and design options.
  • Research emerging tools and methodologies and foster learning and innovation through technical guidance.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience designing and developing highly scalable applications.
  • Minimum qualification: a bachelor’s degree in a relevant computer or software field plus five years of software engineering experience, or seven years of software engineering experience.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and distributed computing.
  • Expertise in Java, JEE, Spring, distributed databases, Cassandra, and Kafka.
  • Understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, container technologies, DevOps practices, automation, and observability.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Maven, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GCP, and Azure.
  • Familiarity with JUnit, Mocha, TestNG, Selenium, Swagger, and OpenAPI.
  • Experience building event-based distributed systems, extensible platforms, data pipelines, and at least one cloud-based project.
  • Hands-on experience writing and reviewing designs and code, including AI/ML/GenAI frameworks.
  • Preferred qualifications include a relevant master’s degree with three years of software engineering experience and knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices.

Benefits

  • Daily work is based in Walmart’s Bangalore office, with flexibility to manage personal life.
  • Performance incentive awards, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, health benefits, and other benefits are available.

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraApache KafkaAzureDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsJUnitKubernetesMavenMochaSeleniumTestNG

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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