
Principal, Software Engineer
Walmart
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Remote
- Staff / Principal
- 6 months ago
- Microservices
- Webhooks
- React.js
- Redux
- AI
- Java
- WCAG
- Pension
6 months ago
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
As a Principal Engineer, you will act as ahands-on technical leader and architect for the Marketplace Orders and Returns platform. This role requiresdeep technical expertise and strong engineering judgment, with a focus onplatform engineering to build scalable, resilient, and extensible systems across both backend and frontend layers. You will drive architectural excellence, evaluate and adopt modern technologies, and solve complex problems across a distributed, high-scale environment while leading through influence across teams.About the Team: Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of building core platforms and services to enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices and with best-in-class customer experience by enabling third-party sellers to the marketplace platform, sell and manage their products to our customers on walmart.com . We do this by managing the entire seller lifecycle, monitoring customer experience, and deliver high- value insights to our sellers to help them plan their assortment, price, inventory. The team also actively collaborates with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and our customers. What You’ll do:Â- Drive thetechnical vision and architecture for Marketplace Orders and Returns systemsÂ
- Design and scaleevent-driven, microservices-based platforms, includingAPIs, webhooks, and app integrations, along withweb front-end applications for Marketplace workflowsÂ
- Leadend-to-end architecture across backend services andmodern web front-end (React/Redux) to deliver seamless user experiencesÂ
- Leadplatform engineering initiatives to improve developer productivity, system scalability, and reusability across teamsÂ
- Leveragedata and AI-driven insights to enhance system intelligence, decision-making, and customer/seller experiencesÂ
- Stay current with emerging technologies andapply modern engineering and platform practices to evolve the ecosystemÂ
- Leadcross-team architectural decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and performanceÂ
- Solve complex challenges indistributed systems, including data consistency, resiliency, and latencyÂ
- Partner with Product and Engineering leaders totranslate business needs into scalable technical solutionsÂ
- Influence and align multiple teams across Marketplace, Payments, Fulfillment, and Seller PlatformÂ
- Lead design reviews andestablish engineering best practices for APIs, integrations, and front-end applicationsÂ
- Driveplatform modernization and continuous improvement initiativesÂ
- Mentor senior engineers andraise the technical bar across the organizationÂ
- Lead by example through hands-on technical contributions to critical systems and architectural initiatives
- Deep expertise indistributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architecturesÂ
- Strong experience building and scalingcloud-native platforms with high availability and performanceÂ
- Proficiency inbackend technologies (Java)Â and familiarity withmodern web frameworks (React/Redux)Â
- Experience designing and evolvingAPIs, webhooks, and external integrations at scaleÂ
- Strong foundation inplatform engineering and building reusable, extensible systemsÂ
- Proven ability todrive architecture across teams and influence technical decisions at scaleÂ
- Experience leveragingdata and AI-driven insights to improve systems and user experiencesÂ
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigatecomplex, ambiguous challengesÂ
- Track record ofmentoring senior engineers and raising the overall technical barÂ
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering and business stakeholders
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, seeOne.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum 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.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.Primary Location...
1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.Principal, Software Engineer · Walmart