Walmart

(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart
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2 days ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $286k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform engineering efforts for scalable cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
  • Drive software design, testing, deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and incident response for distributed systems.
  • Architect intelligent software solutions and integrate AI/ML capabilities.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship across multiple engineering teams.
  • Translate business needs into technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
  • Design agentic workflows that call internal MCP tools and Java/Spring Boot microservices with authentication and guardrails.
  • Promote engineering standards, knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area plus 5 years of software engineering experience, or 7 years of software engineering experience.
  • Preferred: master’s degree in computer science or a related field plus 4 years of software engineering experience.
  • Extensive platform engineering leadership experience delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling.
  • Expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed systems with high availability and fault tolerance.
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, and C++ for AI/ML-integrated intelligent software systems.
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Experience designing, extending, or operating MCP servers for agentic and LLM-based systems.
  • Experience building or integrating super-agent systems involving orchestration, tool-calling, and prompt or skill design.
  • Ability to provide technical mentorship and influence architecture across multiple teams.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k), stock purchase plan, and company-paid life insurance.
  • Paid time off, sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, and voting leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability benefits, company discounts, military leave pay, and adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
  • Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefits covering eligible tuition, books, and fees from high school completion through bachelor’s degrees and certificates.
  • Annual or quarterly performance bonuses and possible stock compensation.
  • Primary location is 815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, California.

Tech Stack

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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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