Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.

What you'll do...

As a Principal Software Engineer for Walmart’s new Developer AI tool, Wibey, you will work with other technical leaders to architect and build the Wibey Core AI orchestration layers that enable intelligent, context-aware, and personalized developer experiences across Walmart’s global ecosystem. You’ll drive innovation at the intersection of AI systems, memory/context management, and multi-agent orchestration to help shape the future of developer productivity at scale. What you'll do:

• Solve complex problems in AI orchestration and context management, designing and building the core systems that connect multiple AI agents, MCP servers, and context pipelines while maintaining stateful, secure, and relevant contextual understanding across Wibey interfaces.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and product teams to define technical roadmaps, develop POCs, and author ADRs (Architectural Decision Records).
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, enabling other teams to successfully integrate their agents into Wibey Core, as well as growing more junior team members.

What you'll bring:

• Deep expertise in AI systems architecture, including multi-agent orchestration, language model interactions, context persistence, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Strong understanding of context and memory management in AI applications, including vector databases, embeddings, and session-state design.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead architectural discussions, mentor peers, and influence technical direction across multiple teams.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed.  We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.  
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey. 

Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

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