Principal, Software Engineer - AI

Walmart

Bellevue, WA

Full Time

Senior

132k-264k

18 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Position Summary... As a Walmart Principal Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing digital solutions that solve mission critical business problems in supporting Walmart associates. The role involves pioneering cutting-edge technology combining mobile, data, and AI to revolutionize Walmart's associate experiences. You will be part of the Enterprise People Technology team, which supports the deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise, impacting millions of associates globally. Walmart Global Tech is committed to innovation, continuous improvement, and creating accessible, impactful digital products in a collaborative, flexible work environment.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross functional teams including business, product and other software engineers to understand the business problem, review business requirements, draft technical requirements, scope, design, develop, test, and deploy services and systems.
Lead your team in performing design and code reviews, improving operational excellence to ensure high quality, high availability, scalable and performant systems.
Create large sized, complex applications, services and systems.
Lead in a number of layers in the tech stack, from front-end development to back-end services and data platform.

Requirements

At least 10+ years of relevant industry experience in building highly available systems.
Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from inception to deployment of complex project in production.
Effective problem-solving skills, ability to make design tradeoffs, balancing the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
Expertise in service-oriented architecture.
Expertise with Relational and/or NoSQL Database.
Experience with CI/CD and operational excellence best practices.
Effective communication and collaboration skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, influence and persuasion skills.
Mentoring/coaching junior engineers in technical problem solving and career advancement.

Nice to Have

Background in creating inclusive digital experiences.
Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility.
Knowledge of accessibility best practices and supporting an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred: Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive pay with performance-based bonus awards.
Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
Financial benefits such as 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off including PTO, sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits like short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) covering tuition, books, and fees.
Flexible, hybrid work environment with in-office and virtual options.

Working at Walmart

We are a people-led and tech-empowered organization that values innovation, continuous learning, and creating impactful digital experiences. Our environment fosters collaboration, inclusivity, and a focus on supporting associates and customers globally. We emphasize training, growth, and leveraging technology to reimagine the future of retail.

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