Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud, AI/ML, Scalable Systems

Walmart; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) and stock purchase

P aid time off

Life insurance

Education benefits

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Principal Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will oversee the full SDLC across multiple teams, emphasizing availability, performance, and architectural excellence.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and collaborate with product and business units to align technical roadmaps with Walmart's strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable, high-availability distributed systems.
• Ability to create architectural design documents and design high-performance microservices.
• Experience mentoring teams and aligning engineering with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering to deliver scalable infrastructure and ML tooling.
• Architect cloud-native, distributed systems with high availability.
• Oversee end-to-end software lifecycle: coding, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response.
• Integrate AI/ML into software products to improve user experiences.
• Provide technical leadership and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical plans.
• Maintain architectural docs and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Platform engineering leadership

Cloud-native architecture

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Python

Java

C++

AI/ML integration

Education

Master's degree in CS/CE/IT or related

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/IT or related

Tools

Kafka

Cassandra

DB2

ElasticSearch

Logstash

Kibana

Kubernetes

Docker

Golang

Scala

Java

Python

Job description

Walmart seeks a Principal Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. You will oversee the full SDLC across multiple teams, emphasizing availability, performance, and architectural excellence.

You will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and collaborate with product and business units to align technical roadmaps with Walmart's strategic objectives.