Principal Data Platform Engineer — AI-Enabled Data Lakes

VIZIO; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 121,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Performance bonuses

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart in Denver, CO seeks a Principal Software (Data) Engineer to lead the evolution of our Data Lake and enterprise data platform. You will shape architecture, standards, and engineering practices for scalable, reliable data systems and AI-ready data foundations.

You will collaborate across product, analytics, ML, and infrastructure teams to deliver data pipelines, streaming apps, and AI-enabled experiences in a cloud-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field; 5+ years in software engineering or similar.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, cross-functional engineering projects from requirements gathering through design and delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and clear cross-team communication.
• Design scalable, high-availability data platforms and guide architectural direction.
• Mentor team members and drive continuous improvement.
• Build AI-ready, discoverable data foundations and enable AI workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Python

SQL

PySpark

Distributed processing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Databricks

Snowflake

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

Job description

Walmart in Denver, CO seeks a Principal Software (Data) Engineer to lead the evolution of our Data Lake and enterprise data platform. You will shape architecture, standards, and engineering practices for scalable, reliable data systems and AI-ready data foundations.

You will collaborate across product, analytics, ML, and infrastructure teams to deliver data pipelines, streaming apps, and AI-enabled experiences in a cloud-first environment.