Principal, Software Engineer - Walmart Data Ventures

Walmart, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k)

Stock Purchase Plan

Company-Paid Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Sick Leave

Parental Leave

Family Care Leave

Bereavement Leave

Jury Duty Leave

Voting Leave

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Company Discounts

Military Leave Pay

Adoption Expense Reimbursement

Surrogacy Expense Reimbursement

Education Benefits

Job summary

Walmart, Inc. seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to drive cross-team efforts, delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML-enabled applications.

You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and relentlessly improve reliability, development processes, and product quality. Bellevue-based teams anchor the platform program.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a computing field plus five years of software engineering experience or seven years of experience without the degree.
• Candidates should bring platform engineering and distributed-systems expertise, experience across the software development lifecycle, AI/ML integration skills, and demonstrated technical leadership.
• A relevant master’s degree and accessibility knowledge are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering across teams by delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
• Set technical direction and architecture to improve reliability and product quality.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.
• Drive improvements in development processes and overall software quality.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Cloud-Native Architecture

Software Development Lifecycle

Distributed Systems

Real-Time Data Processing

AI/ML Integration

AI Agent Integration

Model-Driven Design

CI/CD

Testing

Monitoring

Incident Response

High Availability

Fault Tolerance

Technical Leadership

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant computing field

5+ years of software engineering experience

7+ years of relevant experience without degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Lead platform engineering across teams by delivering scalable cloud-native infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML-enabled applications. Set technical direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, and improve reliability, development processes, and product quality.

Requirements:

Requires either a bachelor's degree in a relevant computing field plus five years of software engineering experience, or seven years of relevant experience without the degree requirement. Candidates should bring platform engineering and distributed-systems expertise, experience across the software development lifecycle, AI/ML integration skills, and demonstrated technical leadership; a relevant master's degree and accessibility knowledge are preferred.

Key Skills:

• Platform Engineering
• Cloud-Native Architecture
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Distributed Systems
• Real-Time Data Processing
• AI/ML Integration
• AI Agent Integration
• Model-Driven Design
• CI/CD
• Testing
• Monitoring
• Incident Response
• High Availability
• Fault Tolerance
• Technical Leadership
• Mentorship

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Sick Leave
• Parental Leave
• Family Care Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Voting Leave
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Company Discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption Expense Reimbursement
• Surrogacy Expense Reimbursement
• Education Benefits