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USA) Principal, Software Engineer
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Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, 72712, USA
Listed on 2026-08-16
Listing for:
Walmart Inc.
Full Time, Part Time
position Listed on 2026-08-16
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Software Architect
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Role summary:
The Principal Software Engineer leads the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving technical execution across multiple teams. This role applies cloud-native architecture principles to develop resilient distributed systems and integrates AI/ML solutions to enhance customer experiences. The position requires strategic technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional partners to align engineering efforts with business objectives. The engineer ensures high-quality software development lifecycle management, fosters innovation, and promotes continuous improvement while maintaining architectural standards and operational excellence in a dynamic environment.
About the team:
The In-Club Engineering team delivers scalable, modular software solutions aligned with business and technical goals. The team focuses on software development, architecture, and continuous integration to build high-quality products. Members collaborate to analyze requirements, design detailed solutions, and uphold coding standards. Emphasizing innovation, system reliability, and risk management, the team fosters a disciplined environment centered on technical excellence, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
This approach supports Walmart's commitment to exceptional value and experiences through effective solution design and robust product delivery.
What you'll do:
- Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps.
- Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing.
- Architect and implement cloud-native distributed systems integrating AI agents and model-driven design to enhance product capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural standards and promoting engineering excellence.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
- Champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to optimize processes, tools, and system performance.
- Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
- Proven ability to drive full software development lifecycle including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
- Expertise in designing distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
- Strong technical judgment with a focus on architectural decision-making and long-term system evolution.
- Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing cross-team architectural standards.
- Proficiency in applying model-driven design and leveraging AI agents to enhance development velocity.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
-Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
-Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
-Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
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- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid…
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