(USA) Principal Software Engineer - Tech

Walmart Canada

$95K — $165K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 5 years of software engineering experience, or 7 years of equivalent experience.
  • Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership focused on scalable and reliable cloud-native architectures.
  • Proficient in developing scalable AI solutions, including deep technical knowledge of agentic patterns and API usage.
  • Expertise in integrating AI/ML into software systems, utilizing languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
  • Strong technical judgment for making informed architectural decisions and trade-offs.
  • Demonstrated mentorship skills, fostering engineering excellence and guiding teams effectively.
  • Proficiency in model-driven design and cloud computing best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineering efforts to create scalable, cloud-native platform infrastructures and reusable tools.
  • Design and deploy production-level AI solutions that automate critical workflows.
  • Architect AI/ML-enhanced applications to support millions of users through advanced development techniques.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding architectural decisions to maintain innovation.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate technical requirements into actionable solutions and success metrics.
  • Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities for processes and tools.

Benefits

  • Incentive awards based on performance.
  • Extensive maternity and parental leave.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) policy.
  • Comprehensive health benefits package.
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:
The Principal Software Engineer leads the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving cloud-native architecture and distributed system solutions. This role oversees the full software development lifecycle, integrating AI/ML technologies to build intelligent applications that serve millions. Providing strategic technical leadership and mentorship, the position ensures alignment with long-term roadmaps and promotes engineering excellence. Collaborating across teams, the engineer translates complex business needs into actionable technical requirements, fostering innovation and continuous improvement while maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.

**Immigration Sponsorship support will NOT be available for this
position**

About the team:
At Walmart Connect, the AdTech Engineering team develops advanced platforms and AI-driven solutions that integrate advertising, commerce, and data. The team addresses complex challenges such as automated media generation and next-generation AI systems to enhance operations for advertisers, sellers, and internal partners. Leveraging extensive first-party data and an AI-first approach, the team pioneers intelligent agents and autonomous workflows that shape retail advertising's future. Engineers contribute to impactful products that drive measurable outcomes, accelerate growth, and influence millions of customer journeys daily through innovative technical solutions and collaboration.

What you'll do:
  • Lead platform engineering efforts by delivering scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures aligned with strategic roadmaps.
  • Build and deploy scalable, production Agentic AI solutions to automate complex workflows across business-critical applications.
  • Architect and integrate AI/ML-enhanced applications to support millions of users, applying model-driven design and advanced development tools.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural decisions and promoting engineering excellence and innovation.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements, measure success metrics, and ensure solutions meet quality and business objectives.
  • Foster continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, tools, and product performance.


What you'll bring:
  • Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable and reliable cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience developing scalable Agentic AI solutions and deep technical understanding of agentic patterns, too/API usage, guardrails and eval pipelines.
  • Proven ability to drive full software development lifecycle including design, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Expertise in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
  • Strong technical judgment with the ability to make informed architectural decisions and trade-offs.
  • Demonstrated skills in mentorship, fostering engineering excellence and guiding technical teams.
  • Proficiency in applying model-driven design and cloud computing best practices.
  • Effective collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional stakeholders.


Flexible, hybrid work
We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for
development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

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








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...

221 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States of America

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