Principal Cloud Platform Engineer - AI/ML Lead

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) and stock purchase

Paid time off

Education programs like Live Better U

Job summary

Walmart Fulfillment Services Technology seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling. The role emphasizes full lifecycle development, high availability, and AI/ML-enabled applications for millions of users.

Mentorship and cross‑functional collaboration are key to aligning engineering with business goals. The team collaborates with Product, Operations, Supply Chain, and Transportation to expand capabilities

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.

Responsibilities

• Be a deeply hands-on technical leader, write production-quality code and drive deployments
• Lead platform engineering to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure
• Drive full software development lifecycle with high availability and real-time data processing
• Architect and integrate AI/ML-enhanced applications for millions of users
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across teams
• Translate business needs into actionable requirements and measurable metrics
• Champion continuous improvement with new tools and practices

Skills

Production-quality code

Platform engineering leadership

AI/ML integration

Python

Java

C++

CI/CD

Observability

Incident response

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Architectural decision-making

Customer-centric metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / related

7 years software engineering experience

Job description

Walmart Fulfillment Services Technology seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling. The role emphasizes full lifecycle development, high availability, and AI/ML-enabled applications for millions of users.

Mentorship and cross‑functional collaboration are key to aligning engineering with business goals. The team collaborates with Product, Operations, Supply Chain, and Transportation to expand capabilities