Principal Software Engineer: AI/ML & Cloud Lead

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase

Life insurance

Paid time off

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Bentonville, AR to drive complex, large‑scale cross‑functional projects. You will lead design, development, and testing, integrating AI/ML to build intelligent systems serving millions, while mentoring teams and aligning with architectural goals.

You will own end‑to‑end delivery, ensure high availability, and collaborate with Product, Operations, and Supply Chain partners to accelerate innovation across Walmart Fulfillment Services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field with 5 years of software engineering experience, or 7 years in software engineering.
• Experience delivering production‑quality code across the full software lifecycle.
• Proficiency with AI/ML integrations and scalable, cloud‑native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Be a deeply hands‑on technical leader, write production‑quality code, build automated tests, and take implementations through production deployment.
• Lead platform engineering to deliver scalable cloud‑native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
• Own the full software lifecycle across teams with high availability, fault tolerance, and real‑time data processing.
• Architect and integrate AI/ML‑enhanced applications serving millions of users at scale.
• Mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions across teams.
• Translate business goals into technical requirements and measurable success metrics.

Skills

Production-grade code

Cloud-native architectures

AI/ML integration

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Real-time data processing

Python

Java

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

7+ years software engineering experience

Tools

Python

Java

C++

AWS

Job description

Walmart is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Bentonville, AR to drive complex, large‑scale cross‑functional projects. You will lead design, development, and testing, integrating AI/ML to build intelligent systems serving millions, while mentoring teams and aligning with architectural goals.

You will own end‑to‑end delivery, ensure high availability, and collaborate with Product, Operations, and Supply Chain partners to accelerate innovation across Walmart Fulfillment Services.