PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Walmart · Posted Oct 13
Retail, e-commerce, grocery, pharmacy, and membership warehouse services
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About the role
Walmart Global Tech's International Technology team builds the platforms that enable Walmart's stores and eCommerce operations across markets outside the US, with the Customer Engagement group focused on platforms for acquiring new customers, re-engaging existing customers, and serving contextual advertisements on and off Walmart digital properties. This Principal Software Engineer role involves acting as a technical authority and tech lead for backend microservice architectures built with Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka. The role will architect complex distributed systems, guide engineers through code reviews and design discussions, and collaborate with product, UX/UI, QA, and DevOps teams to build scalable backend infrastructure.
What you will do
- Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices.
- Act as a technical authority, providing direction and expertise to the team.
- Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
- Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.
- Architect complex software systems, ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.
- Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration.
- Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence.
- Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.
- Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables.
- Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence.
- Foster a culture of learning and innovation through hands-on technical guidance and mentorship.
- Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and milestones.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.
- Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Ideally 15+ experience in software development, focusing on building large scale distributed systems.
- Experience in multiple stack technologies – Java, React Native , microservices ,development, Node.js, Exposure to Agentic AI usecases.
- Advanced knowledge of complex software design, distributed system design, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
- Proficiency in Kafka, No SQL databases.
- Experience in Dev Ops, CI/CD, Git, maven
- Excellent technical debugging and production support skills.
- Familiarity with public cloud technologies such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
- Extensive experience in the design, development, and delivery of software products with a large user base.
- Track record in an architect role with large-scale software development data-backed services and applications, experience with Global Platform build and enhancements.
- Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment.
- Hands-on experience with building micro-services and event driven architecture and distributed systems using appropriate design patterns.
- Risk analysis methodologies - Cost Analysis; Business objectives; Classification of requirements; Domain Knowledge; User stories concepts; Functional / Non-Functional Requirements.
- Coding standards and guidelines; Coding languages (E.g. Java, JavaScript etc.), frameworks (E.g. Spring framework etc.), Platforms (E.g. Microsoft Azure etc.); Quality, Safety and Security (PCI etc.) standards; Emerging tools and technologies; Telemetry; CI / CD; Code Management Tools; SDLC; Secure SDL frameworks and tools.
- 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.
Benefits and support
- Incentive awards for your performance
- Maternity and parental leave
- PTO
- Health benefits
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. As one of the world's largest companies by revenue, it serves millions of customers daily through physical stores and robust e-commerce platforms. The company is driven by a commitment to everyday low prices and an expanding suite of digital and convenience-focused services.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 2000000+ employees
- Founded
- 1962
- Location
- Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and CEO
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer
President and CEO, Walmart U.S.
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