Principal, Software Engineer - AI

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Are you passionate about pioneering cutting-edge technology combining mobile, data, and AI to revolutionize Walmart's associate (employee) experiences?

Do you dream of creating innovative systems and products that make a big impact to more than 2 million users across the globe?

As a Walmart Principal Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing digital solutions that solve mission critical business problems in supporting Walmart associates.

About Team:

The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise.

As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally.

We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members.

People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What you'll do:

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.

Lead your team in performing design and code reviews, improving operational excellence to ensure high quality, high availability, scalable and performant systems.

Create large sized, complex applications, services and systems.

Lead in a number of layers in the tech stack, from front-end development to back-end services and data platform.

What you'll bring:

At least 10+ years of relevant industry experience in building highly available systems.

Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from inception to deployment of complex project in production.

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 Database.

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.

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.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite.

Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs.

This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

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.

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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.

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For information about PTO, see .

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see .

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Bellevue, Washington US-11075:The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00-$264,000.00

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Bentonville, Arkansas US-10424:The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

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...

10500 Ne 8Th St, Bellevue, WA 98004, United States of America