Lead Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native & AI/ML

Walmart Inc.; Bentonville (AR); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (medical, vision, and?

401(k)

Stock purchase program

Company-paid life insurance

Paid time off and leave benefits

Live Better U education program

Job summary

Walmart Inc. in Bentonville, AR, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure and AI/ML-enabled applications across multiple teams.

You will own technical decisions, mentor engineers, and align architecture with long-term roadmaps while ensuring reliability, performance, and security across data processing pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Software Engineering or related field
• 5+ years software engineering experience (or 7 years) in software development

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling.
• Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams with high availability and fault tolerance.
• Architect and integrate AI‑enhanced applications using cloud‑native principles.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, promoting engineering excellence and standardization across teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into measurable technical requirements.

Skills

Java (JDK 21)

Spring

Spring Boot

Domain-Driven Design

Distributed systems

AI/ML integration

Mentorship

Cloud-native architecture

Real-time data processing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

5+ years software engineering experience (or 7 years)

Tools

Cosmos DB

Cassandra

Spanner

Job description

Walmart Inc. in Bentonville, AR, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure and AI/ML-enabled applications across multiple teams.

You will own technical decisions, mentor engineers, and align architecture with long-term roadmaps while ensuring reliability, performance, and security across data processing pipelines.