Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The Principal Software Engineer leads the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving technical excellence across multiple teams. This role involves architecting cloud-native, distributed systems with integrated AI/ML solutions to support high availability and real-time processing. The position requires strategic mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership of the full software development lifecycle. The engineer will influence architectural decisions, promote innovation, and ensure alignment with long-term business goals while maintaining quality and operational metrics. This leadership role fosters continuous improvement and technical growth within the engineering organization. About the team: Focusing on customer, associate and business needs, this team works with Walmart International, which includes more than 5,200 retail units, operating in 23 countries such as Canada, Central America, Chile, China, India, Mexico and South Africa to name a few. Within Walmart International, this team is part of International Sam’s Tech and drives strategic initiatives for Sam’s Club markets worldwide. The team focuses on developing and maintaining platform level software that enhances operational efficiency and delivers cost savings to customers while ensuring an excellent experience. 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 principles. Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural standards and fostering engineering and operational excellence. Promote continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of emerging technologies. Ensure self-accountability and enforce highest standards for overall engineering and operational excellence of the respective areas of oversight Stay at the forefront of technological advancements and influence organizational adoption What you'll bring: Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling. Proven expertise in software development lifecycle management. Strong background in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using multiple programming languages. Demonstrated ability to apply model-driven design and technical solution design to complex distributed systems. Skilled in mentoring engineers and providing strategic technical guidance to promote innovation and engineering excellence. 16+ years of experience in the design and development of highly scalable distributed applications and platforms - particularly for large scale, multi-tenant, distributed, multi-tenant, SaaS products Hands-on experience in Microservices, and RESTful web services development in Java SpringBoot, Spring Kafka (or equivalent framework) At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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 (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. 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. For information about PTO, see Live Better U is a Walmart-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 for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ Minimum Qualifications... Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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... Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no 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. Primary Location... 701 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment. About Walmart: Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.