Hiring: (USA) Principal, Software Engineer Company: Walmart Global Tech Location: Sunnyvale, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:43:33 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Airflow, Azure, C++, CI/CD, Cassandra, Epic Systems, Java, Kafka, Machine Learning, Python, SQL, Solr, Spring Boot, Systems Design About the job Required Skills: •Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps. •Architect and implement cloud-native, distributed systems ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance. •Oversee full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response across multiple teams. •Integrate AI agents and intelligent applications using advanced programming languages and model-driven design principles. •Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and promote engineering best practices to enhance system interoperability and maintainability. •Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders to define requirements, measure success, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Qualifications: •Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling aligned with strategic roadmaps. •Deep expertise designing and scaling AdTech platforms and distributed systems leveraging Java/Spring Boot, Cassandra, Azure SQL, Kafka, Solr, Vespa, Vector DB, and Apache Airflow. •Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. •Strong technical execution skills across the full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, and incident response. •Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++. •Demonstrated ability to provide technical mentorship and influence architectural decisions across teams. •Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders. Compensation: •Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!