Principal, Software Engineer - Backend

About the role

The role involves leading the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving technical excellence across multiple teams, providing strategic technical guidance, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business objectives.

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 promoting engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
• Maintain architectural documentation and ensure quality, reliability, and continuous improvement of software solutions.

What you'll bring

• Extensive experience leading platform engineering initiatives, including shared infrastructure and scalable ML frameworks.
• Proficiency in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Strong expertise in full software development lifecycle management across multiple teams.
• Proven ability to architect AI-enhanced applications and integrate AI agents using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
• Skilled in applying model-driven design and leveraging modern development tools to enhance quality and velocity.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and influencing architectural standards.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders.

About the team

About the team: Our team develops the Store Fulfillment Platform, the core system enabling order fulfillment across thousands of stores through automation and associate support. This high-throughput, event-driven platform operates reliably at retail scale, supporting seamless customer experiences. We focus on scalable, cloud-native architecture and continuous improvement to meet evolving business needs. The team applies advanced engineering design processes and integrates AI agents to enhance system capabilities. Collaboration and technical excellence drive our efforts to build and evolve a robust platform that supports Walmart’s operational goals and delivers consistent, high-quality service.

Qualifications

• 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.

Additional Information

• Primary Location: 702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
• Additional Compensation: Annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00, additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
• Benefits: Includes health benefits, financial benefits, paid time off benefits, and other benefits such as short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Accessibility: 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.