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Principal, Software Engineer
WalmartUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Dec 2025
💰 $264,000/yr($132,000/yr – $264,000/yr)
About the role
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
As a Walmart Principal Engineer on the Payroll Integrations team, you'll spearhead the development of cutting-edge payroll solutions for over 2 million associates. You will set the technical direction for multiple engineering teams, leading and mentoring other senior engineers. With a hands-on approach, you'll deliver critical path code and serve as a force multiplier for our team, ensuring accurate and timely payments with zero defects or manual touchpoints. If you're ready to make a lasting impact in the world of payroll technology for the largest private employer in the world, we would love for you to consider this position. What you'll do:- Lead the design, development and launch of large high impact applications, services and systems.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams including business, product and other software engineers to understand the business problem, review business requirements, draft technical requirements, scope, design, develop, test, and deploy services and systems.
- Be the role model and exemplary practitioner in the team, and establish mechanisms (design reviews, code reviews, OE reviews, root cause analysis, etc.) to ensure high quality, high availability, scalable and performant systems are delivered. Advocate the use of latest technology and system integration patterns, cutting across team boundaries.
- Develop subject matter expertise in payroll space and be the voice of the team in technical and business forums.
- At least 8+ years of relevant industry experience in building highly available systems.
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from inception to launch of multiple complex and ambiguous projects.
- Effective problem-solving skills, ability to make design tradeoffs, balancing the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.
- Expertise in service-oriented architecture.
- Expertise with Relational and/or NoSQL Databases and use of Cloud Services.
- Experience with CI/CD and Operational Excellence best practices.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, influence and persuasion skills.
- Mentoring/coaching junior engineers in technical problem solving and career advancement.
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, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00 - $264,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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