Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary… What youll do…

Walmart s Corporate Tech Services (CTS) is a powerhouse of several exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart.

As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes the books, physical and legal risk is avoided, and when we pay our associates consistently and accurately, that is CTS. Joining CTS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.

About Team :

The Access Intel Platform team drives the development of a centralized, authoritative system for evaluating authorization policies, eliminating fragmented solutions. This role supports building frameworks for both coarse- and fine-grained access control using open standards like OPA. As part of a global initiative spanning the US and India, the team focuses on delivering a consistent HRMS experience across countries. This multi-year, high-impact effort aligns with enterprise strategy and requires collaborative leadership to advance technical implementation and innovation, enhancing the overall associate experience worldwide.

As an (IND) Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving innovation in distributed systems and AI/ML integration. You will oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with strategic roadmaps and technical excellence. This role requires providing technical leadership, mentoring engineering teams, and collaborating across functions to solve complex problems. You will champion best practices in architecture, cloud-native design, and continuous improvement, contributing to Walmart s technology vision while delivering high-impact solutions that serve millions of customers and associates.

What you will do

• Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and advanced ML frameworks aligned with strategic .
• Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities.
• Architect and implement AI-enhanced applications integrating multi-step reasoning and tool-augmented tasks using modern programming languages.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural decisions and promoting engineering excellence and innovation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
• Ensure technical ownership by maintaining quality standards, resolving issues, and driving projects to completion
• Foster continuous improvement through experimentation, knowledge sharing.

What youll bring:

• Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Strong technical execution skills managing full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, and incident response.
• Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical mentorship and influence architectural decisions across teams.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

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 pe…