Principal, Software Engineer

About the role

This role leads the backend engineering team for the Edge Direct product, managing a fleet of IoT Access Points deployed throughout stores. The team uses Go, MQTT, HashiCorp Vault, RabbitMQ, and Postgres.

Responsibilities

• Migrate the service from Azure/Terraform/AKS to Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP) in Fiscal Year 2027.
• Make architecture decisions with the team and coordinate releases.
• Ensure regression tests are built out.
• Build out the cloud management platform.
• Work with the Sr. Director of Software Engineering and Sr. Director of Product to design and execute the Edge Direct roadmap.

Requirements

• Experience running production Golang services in containers.
• Experience with Postgres at scale.
• Experience with message processing tech like AMQP.
• Experience with PKI, especially managing your own CA via Hashicorp Vault.
• Experience building from requirements and/or concept to production, and leading a team of developers.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

• Experience with Go (in the cloud and on the device).
• Experience with MQTT.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience with RabbitMQ.
• Experience with Postgres.

Benefits

• Annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
• Stock options.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 in Sunnyvale, CA and $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 in Bentonville, AR.

Schedule

Full-time.

Location

1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America