(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

About the role

As part of Walmart Global Tech, you will build industry-defining seller and customer experiences to grow the marketplace platform. You will provide insights and intelligence on marketplace-related transactions and deliver capabilities to associates supporting all segments of Walmart. This role offers the opportunity to impact Walmart's customers and sellers broadly.

Please note that this position does not offer visa sponsorship. Candidates must have valid work authorization for employment in the United States at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership to accelerate adoption of best engineering practices while staying current with industry innovations and trends.
• Lead and participate in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing requirements, translating them into technical solutions, writing and developing code, and conducting unit testing.
• Communicate status and issues to team members and stakeholders.
• Develop highly scalable services to process millions of requests per day and solve complex software systems problems using state-of-the-art technology.
• Design and develop backend microservices and APIs for web applications using the JVM ecosystem (Kotlin, Java) and other languages/frameworks (Python, Go).
• Collaborate with project teams and cross-functional teams.
• Troubleshoot open issues and bug fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs.
• Interact with project managers to provide input on project plans.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering relevant information (e.g., issue, impact, criticality, root cause) and engaging support teams for resolution.
• Formulate action plans, perform root cause analysis to prevent future issues, and complete online documentation.
• Provide support to the business by responding to users' questions, concerns, and issues (e.g., technical feasibility, implementation strategies).
• Facilitate resolutions and lead cross-functional partnerships.
• Drive high-visibility projects across the organization.
• Lead team projects, including designing systems and apps, and translating requirements into technical solutions during the discovery phase.

Requirements

• Master's in Computer Science with 10+ years of experience in architecting large-scale systems with a focus on scalability and delivering sub-second latencies at 99.99% uptime.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python).
• Strong background in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience leading teams and delivering large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Proven understanding of microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud application development, including scalable, data-driven, cost-optimized, and message-oriented architectures.
• Hands-on experience with public or private cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GAE, Azure).
• Experience with automation tools (e.g., Appium, Selenium, Jira, Rest Assured, Gatling) or equivalent is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and best practices; automated deployment experience is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of performance, scalability, and system architecture with a focus on reducing technical debt.
• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, Scrum).
• Experience and fluency with relational/non-relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra).
• Strong inclination toward exploring and learning new technologies.
• Understanding of machine learning is preferred.
• Previous experience in the marketplace domain.

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 or related field and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field.

Benefits

• Health benefits: Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. PTO/PPTO amounts depend on job classification and length of employment.
• Additional benefits: Short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Education: Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for high school completion, bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates. Eligibility requirements apply.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses and stock for certain positions.

Location

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America.