Principal, Software Engineer_Backend

Position Summary

Position Summary… What you'll do…

• Immigration Sponsorship is not available in this role

About Team

The Walmart Emerging-Tech group is charted to drive the creation of the next generation retail and shopping experiences for both online and in‑store. The group leads Walmart’s efforts in Emerging Content, XR, Conversational AI, Voice Assistants, and more. As the Emerging Content team, we are building new capabilities to allow our customers to discover and interact with products online. In addition to the end‑user experiences, the group also builds platform APIs and tools to enable other teams to leverage next‑generation content.

What you will do

• Stay abreast with technical advancements and drive system architecture and software development processes.

• Lead and mentor teams in the implementation of complex systems, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• Be hands‑on in prototyping, researching, and coding scalable, consumer‑facing systems.

• Collaborate with business and product teams to achieve long‑term business goals.

• Champion operational and engineering excellence.

• Participate in code reviews, operational reviews, architectural discussions, and troubleshooting sessions to ensure the highest standards of development.

• Provide mentorship to engineers, managers, and others to help develop great talent.

What you'll bring

• At least 15+ years of software engineering experience in building highly available systems.

• Proven track record of building successful software systems from inception to deployment.

• Proven track record of building solutions that solve highly complex business problems.

• Outstanding problem‑solving skills, with the ability to make design trade‑offs, balancing long‑term “big picture” considerations with short‑term implications of design decisions.

• Expertise in distributed systems, service‑oriented architecture, CI/CD, and operational excellence best practices.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, influence, and persuasion skills.

• Proven track record of mentoring and coaching engineers in technical problem‑solving and career development.

• Curiosity and strong ability to learn new domains and technologies.

• BS or MS in CS.

• GenAI technologies such as LLMs and RAG.

• Cloud‑based AI platforms like GCP Vertex AI or Azure.

• Programming languages, particularly Java.

• Data engineering and handling large datasets.

• Databases, including vector and big data technologies.

• Distributed computing, containerization (Docker/K8s), and multi‑cloud.

• Typical qualifications include a degree in a related field or equivalent experience, significant software engineering experience with a focus on AI/ML and GenAI, expertise in scalable systems and cloud deployments, proficiency in Java, experience with GenAI models and related concepts, a history of leading complex projects, experience with Distributed Systems, Databases, Big Query, a solid understanding of software engineering principles, and strong communication and leadership skills.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts, and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.

People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people‑led and tech‑empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kick‑start a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Benefits

Benefits include a competitive compensation package, incentive awards for performance, 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity…