(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Reference: R-2582550Posted: 2026-08-11Location: HOBOKEN, NJ, United StatesSalary: $132000 - $264000/yearType: Full time / Regular/PermanentCompany: WalmartBusiness Segment: Home OfficeRole summary:The Principal Software Engineer leads the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving cloud-native architecture and distributed system solutions. This role oversees the full software development lifecycle, integrating AI/ML technologies to build intelligent applications that serve millions. Providing strategic technical leadership and mentorship, the position ensures alignment with long-term roadmaps and promotes engineering excellence. Collaborating across teams, the engineer translates complex business needs into actionable technical requirements, fostering innovation and continuous improvement while maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.**Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for thisposition**About the team:At Walmart Connect, the AdTech Engineering team develops advanced platforms and AI-driven solutions that integrate advertising, commerce, and data. The team addresses complex challenges such as automated media generation and next-generation AI systems to enhance operations for advertisers, sellers, and internal partners. Leveraging extensive first-party data and an AI-first approach, the team pioneers intelligent agents and autonomous workflows that shape retail advertising’s future. Engineers contribute to impactful products that drive measurable outcomes, accelerate growth, and influence millions of customer journeys daily through innovative technical solutions and collaboration.What you'll do:Lead platform engineering efforts by delivering scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures aligned with strategic roadmaps.Build and deploy scalable, production Agentic AI solutions to automate complex workflows across business-critical applications.Architect and integrate AI/ML-enhanced applications to support millions of users, applying model-driven design and advanced development tools.Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural decisions and promoting engineering excellence and innovation.Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements, measure success metrics, and ensure solutions meet quality and business objectives.Foster continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and product performance.What you'll bring:Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable and reliable cloud-native architectures.Experience developing scalable Agentic AI solutions and deep technical understanding of agentic patterns, too/API usage, guardrails and eval pipelines.Proven ability to drive full software development lifecycle including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance.Expertise in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.Strong technical judgment with the ability to make informed architectural decisions and trade-offs.Demonstrated skills in mentorship, fostering engineering excellence and guiding technical teams.Proficiency in applying model-driven design and cloud computing best practices.Effective collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders.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 expert's 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 kickstart 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.Flexible, hybrid workWe use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and fordevelopment and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.Benefits:Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.Equal Opportunity Employer:Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.Minimum 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 qualifications["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.", "We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture."]