Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a dynamic and highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our Amends, Post transactions team.. In this crucial role, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and implementing innovative software solutions.
  You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Pre purchase and transaction business and product partners, to understand how we can leverage technology to enhance customer engagement, improve associate productivity, or bring in operational efficiencies.

If you have a passion for revolutionizing software solutions in Transactions and Post transactions of the eCommerce funnel, dedication to collaborative problem-solving, and a proven track record of driving software development from ideation to execution, we’d love to hear from you. This is an extraordinary opportunity to elevate your career and make a significant impact on a progressive, customer-focused company.

About Team:

Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.

What you'll do:
  This is a vital role with significant growth prospect. You will have work to do from day one and you will be counted on to create opportunities that align with the overall organizational goals.
 
Some of the role key responsibilities are but not limited to:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex solutions that drive business results.
• Mentor junior team members by providing guidance and support to achieve their full potential and improve team efficiency.
• Develop and maintain SDLC processes and best practices- setting and enforcing high standards for quality, reliability, and security in deployed solutions.
• Work cross-functionally with business, product, data science, front-end engineering, Java Backend engineering and data engineering teams to ensure alignment and achieve business goals.
• Effectively communicate technical work to senior/executive leaders in both technical and non-technical settings.
• Stay up to date with the latest AI technologies and trends, serving as a thought leader who inspires and guides teams to harness AI for improving productivity.

What you'll bring:

• Deep knowledge and experience in building complex, large-scale, mission-critical applications with microservice architecture in Kubernetes.
• Highly resourceful and methodical in solution/architecture/API/codebase design and ability to translate product requirement into engineering blueprint.
• Familiarity with GenAI/LLMs and related tooling ecosystem a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining SDLC processes and best practices, including code reviews, automated testing, performance optimization, and model monitoring.
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to synthesize requirements across multiple domains and influence stakeholders/peer teams for strategic alignment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an ability to approach problems in a logical and systematic manner

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