Lead Platform Engineer, AI-Driven Cloud-Native

Socket.dev; Hoboken (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive awards

Maternity and parental leave

PTO

Health benefits

Job summary

Walmart Global Tech seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, focusing on cloud-native architectures and AI/ML-enabled solutions for millions of users.

You will provide strategic technical leadership, mentor teams, and drive engineering excellence across cross-functional groups in a hybrid, in-office environment. This role emphasizes innovation, reliability, and alignment with long-term roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field with 5 years of software engineering experience or 7 years experience in software engineering.
• Strong experience in designing scalable, cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering efforts delivering scalable infrastructure and cloud-native architectures.
• Build and deploy scalable, production AI solutions to automate workflows.
• Architect AI/ML-enhanced applications for millions of users.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and success metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, tools, and product performance.

Skills

Platform leadership

Cloud-native

Agentic AI

AI/ML integration

Python

Java

C++

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Walmart Global Tech seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, focusing on cloud-native architectures and AI/ML-enabled solutions for millions of users.

You will provide strategic technical leadership, mentor teams, and drive engineering excellence across cross-functional groups in a hybrid, in-office environment. This role emphasizes innovation, reliability, and alignment with long-term roadmaps.