Principal Software Engineer - Tech at walmart

Bellevue, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 Jan, 26

Salary

165000.0

Posted On

02 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Infrastructure Automation, Full-Stack Development, API Design, Orchestration Engines, Developer-Facing Tools, High-Availability Systems, Incident Response, Observability, Java, Scala, Golang, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Kafka, NATS, Cloud Platforms, React

Industry

Retail

Description

Position Summary... Build the Platform Powering the World’s Largest Retail Network Walmart Global Tech is hiring a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of our next-generation infrastructure applications platform—a critical foundation of Walmart’s Zero-Touch Networking initiative. In this high-impact role, you’ll architect scalable systems that automate and streamline how internal teams operate and gain insight into Walmart’s vast global infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across engineering, operations, and product teams to deliver intuitive, intelligent, and resilient infrastructure tools—ultimately helping Walmart scale faster, operate smarter, and deliver better experiences to millions of customers around the world. What you'll do... Build the Platform Powering the World’s Largest Retail Network Walmart Global Tech is hiring a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of our next-generation infrastructure applications platform—a critical foundation of Walmart’s Zero-Touch Networking initiative. In this high-impact role, you’ll architect scalable systems that automate and streamline how internal teams operate and gain insight into Walmart’s vast global infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across engineering, operations, and product teams to deliver intuitive, intelligent, and resilient infrastructure tools—ultimately helping Walmart scale faster, operate smarter, and deliver better experiences to millions of customers around the world. About the Team The Critical Infrastructure Automation & Observability team is rethinking how Walmart builds and manages infrastructure at scale. Our mission is to build a fully automated, intelligent, and self-healing platform that enables infrastructure teams to manage complexity with speed, safety, and efficiency. You’ll join a team of experts dedicated to eliminating toil, embracing modern engineering practices, and driving meaningful transformation at enterprise scale. Note- “Immigration sponsorship is not available in this role” What You’ll Do Lead architecture and development of Walmart’s infrastructure-facing applications that power automated network management, device lifecycle operations, and observability. Design modern APIs and front-end experiences to support self-service operations across networking, SRE, and platform teams. Build high-scale backend services, orchestration engines, and visualization tools to deliver automation, insights, and control in a unified platform. Champion platform reliability and operational excellence—ensuring observability, alerting, incident response, and 24/7 service availability. Mentor engineers, drive technical standards, and collaborate closely with leaders across infrastructure, product, security, and operations. Translate business and infrastructure needs into elegant, extensible technical solutions that drive measurable outcomes. What You’ll Bring Extensive hands-on engineering experience in designing and building large-scale platforms (typically 10+ years). Proven expertise in full-stack development, ideally with: Frontend: React or similar frameworks Backend: Java, Scala, or Golang Databases: Postgres, Elasticsearch Streaming: Kafka or NATS Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, intent-based networking, and platform abstraction. Experience designing APIs, orchestration engines, and developer-facing tools. Operational mindset with experience delivering high-availability systems, incident response processes, and well-instrumented services. Experience with networking domains or systems of record (e.g., NetBox) is a strong plus. Familiarity with cloud platforms like Azure or Google Cloud. Why Walmart Global Tech Build and scale mission-critical infrastructure that serves millions globally. Work at the intersection of software engineering, networking, and cloud automation. Join a culture of ownership, innovation, and engineering excellence. Grow with one of the most influential companies in the world—at startup speed, with global scale. Ready to reimagine how global infrastructure is built and operated? Apply now and shape the future with Walmart Global Tech. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. 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 $95,000.00 - $165,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) - Stock ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ‎ 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. Primary Location... 1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America Walmart 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. About Walmart: Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and development of Walmart’s infrastructure-facing applications that power automated network management and observability. Collaborate across teams to deliver resilient infrastructure tools that enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.