PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position Summary… summary:
As an (IND) Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the development and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving innovation in distributed systems and AI/ML integration. You will oversee the full software lifecycle, ensuring alignment with strategic roadmaps and technical excellence. This role requires providing technical leadership, mentoring engineering teams, and collaborating across functions to translate complex business needs into robust solutions. Your expertise will support Walmart s commitment to high availability, fault tolerance, and continuous improvement, advancing technology that serves millions of customers and associates globally. What youll do…

About the team:

The Salesforce and Seller Acquisition & Onboarding team is essential to the Marketplace ecosystem, responsible for designing and scaling the global platform that supports the complete seller entry journey. The team develops robust global acquisition funnels, automated onboarding workflows, and complex multi-platform integrations connecting Salesforce, cloud microservices, seller portals, and AI-driven analytics. As a Principal Engineer, you will address distributed systems challenges, optimize APIs, and establish architectural standards to enable international marketplace growth. This team drives innovation and delivers scalable, high-performance solutions that empower seamless seller experiences worldwide.

What youll do:

• Define and drive end-to-end architecture across Salesforce, GCP services, seller portals, AI platforms, and analytics ecosystems.
• Lead Salesforce architecture, implementing scalable workflows, Lightning Web Components (LWC), integrations, and API-first designs.
• Design and scale cloud-native microservices, event-driven systems, and data platforms on GCP.
• Shape the strategy and architecture for seller-facing and internal web portals, ensuring high performance and usability.
• Integrate AI/ML and LLM capabilities to automate onboarding, risk assessment, and personalized user journeys.
• Enable data-driven decision-making through analytics pipelines and business insights.
• Lead large-scale solution design, integrations, and technical governance across global programs.
• Mentor engineering teams, promote architecture excellence, DevOps, and best practices.

What youll bring:

• Extensive experience leading platform engineering initiatives, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Strong proficiency in software development lifecycle management, including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and incident response.
• Demonstrated ability to architect AI/ML integrated applications using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
• Skilled in providing technical leadership, mentorship, and influencing architectural decisions across multiple teams.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to engage cross-functional stakeholders and drive business-aligned technical solutions.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and adapting to evolving technologies and business needs.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Work
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