Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a talented and passionate Principal, Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a large project environment with solid technical leadership abilities and strong development background in Java along with experience in Cosmos DB, Kafka, Cloud Implementation architecture and a proven track record of delivering high-quality scalable software applications.

The Walmart Seller Fulfilled Group is poised to revolutionize the way third-party sellers approach fulfilment. Our team is dedicated to streamline the process for sellers to set up their shipping configurations with Walmart, prioritizing customer satisfaction above all else. By enhancing shipping services, expanding our product catalogue, and ensuring accurate delivery promises, we aim to deliver superior experience to our customers.

This initiative involves navigating a complex and dynamic landscape, where we are constantly presented with challenging problems that require innovative solutions. Our vision is to build a best-in-class, reliable, and cost-effective fulfilment platform that significantly reduces delivery times, improves transparency, and elevates both the sellers and customer experience.

With an impressive 250% year-over-year growth, we are already seeing remarkable success. As we continue on this journey, we face a fast-paced, ambitious, and transformative path ahead. Every step we take builds toward setting new standards in fulfilment that will not only enhance the overall ecosystem but also position Walmart as a leader in e-commerce logistics. Our commitment to innovation, efficiency, and excellence will drive us forward as we shape the future of fulfilment for third-party sellers.

We are tackling some of the most exciting and complex challenges in eCommerce and logistics today:

• Designing a cost-efficient supply chain using Walmarts fulfilment network.

• Developing real-time carrier performance dashboards for sellers and internal teams.

• Building capabilities like shipping protection, promotion platforms, and engagement engines to ensure long-term seller success.

• Enabling cross-border logistics by disaggregating global flows — from first mile to last-mile  and simplifying international trade through seamless duty and tax management.

• Launching platforms to enable partner collaboration, audit and reconciliation, and intelligent shipping decisions using ML.

This is a unique opportunity to build for scale, innovate relentlessly, and impact billions of dollars in commerce — all while helping sellers grow with Walmart.

About Team:
 

At Walmart Global Tech, the Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of redefining global commerce on a scale. We are the backbone of one of the fastest-growing eCommerce platforms — Walmart Marketplace, where third-party sellers meet millions of customers every day. Our mission is bold: to deliver unmatched selection, competitive pricing, and a world-class pre-order, post-order experience, all powered by intelligent platforms and resilient systems.

We empower thousands of sellers to thrive by offering tools to manage every aspect of their digital storefront—from listing products to optimizing prices and inventory, while ensuring exceptional customer experiences. Our systems monitor the entire seller lifecycle, leverage real-time data for insights, and seamlessly integrate with partner platforms across the Walmart ecosystem.

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What you'll do:

• Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership that helps accelerate adoption of the absolute best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends, and practices.

•  Lead and participate in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing, and developing code, and conducting unit testing. Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.

•  Developing highly scalable services to process millions of requests per day and solve complex software systems problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology.

• Gaining exposure to various technologies used in Marketplace and E-commerce platforms.

• Designing and developing backend microservices and APIs for web applications using JVM ecosystem (Kotlin, Java) and other languages and frameworks (Python, Go)

•  Collaborate with project teams and cross functional teams. Troubleshoot open issues and bug-fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Interact with project manager to provide e input on project plan.

•  Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, root cause), engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues. Formulate action plans, performing actions as designated in the plan. Interpret the results to determine further action, perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and complete online documentation.

•  Provide support to the business by responding to users' questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies) . Facilitate resolutions and lead cross-functional partnerships.

• Driving projects of high visibility across the organization.

• Leading team in designing systems and apps.

• Leading team projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions while gathering requested information.

• Leading the discovery phase of projects to produce high level design by partnering with the product management, project management, and business and user experience teams.

What you'll bring:

• At least 7 years of experience in architecting large scale systems with challenges of scalability and delivering sub-second latencies on 99.99% uptime.

• Expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g. Java, Python, etc.)

• Strong background in algorithms and data structures.

• Experience in leading teams and delivering large scale distributed systems and event-driven architecture.

• Proven understanding of microservices oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs

• Experience with cloud application development including scalable, data driven, Cloud Cost-optimization and message-oriented architecture.

• Understanding of SaaS or PaaS or IaaS industry with hands on experience with public or private cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GAE, Azure)

•  Experience using any of the automation toolset like Appium, Selenium, Jira, Rest Assured, AssetJ , Gatling, etc. or equivalent tools is a plus.

•  Experience with CI/CD pipelines and best practices. Automated deployment experience is a plus.

• Advanced knowledge of performance, scalability, and system architecture with an eye toward avoiding and reducing technical debt.

• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, Scrum)

• Experience and fluency with relational / non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, etc.)

• Strong inclination towards exploring and learning new technologies.

• Understanding machine learning preferred.

• Previous experience in the marketplace domain

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

About Walmart Global Tech:

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds 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. Weare 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.

Benefits and Perks:

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great benefits include a 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, flexible working hours, and more.

We are reimagining the tech workplace by making a permanent transition to virtual workfor most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. Well collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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 One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00

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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...

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 and5 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.

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...

680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of America