(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Walmart Canada

$143K — $286K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Sunnyvale, CA
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years professional experience in software engineering
  • Experience building Layer 4 and 7 orchestration/routing/load balancing systems
  • Managed systems with over 1,000 servers
  • Built high-performance HTTP proxies and caches
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/Go preferred)
  • DevOps experience
  • Strong understanding of TCP/HTTP lifecycle
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Go, Rust, C++, or Java
  • Effective communication with diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Plan system development and deployment to meet compliance standards
  • Drive technical vision and shape product roadmap
  • Implement large-scale, complex projects across functions
  • Lead discovery phase for high-level design of projects
  • Supervise cross-functional teams, including offshore associates
  • Conduct root cause analysis for critical production issues
  • Support business objectives and ensure needs are met
  • Develop innovation strategies and document project scopes

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) with company match and stock purchase options
  • Paid time off including parental and family care leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
  • Military leave pay
  • Education benefits fully funded by Walmart through Live Better U program
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
Role summary:

We are looking for a passionate and innovative software engineer to join Traffic Foundation within Walmart's Global Technology Platform group. Traffic Foundation is empowering application teams at Walmart to reach their customers in the fastest, most efficient way possible. We build and design systems handling millions of requests per second, critical to scaling Walmart systems under the extremely high-traffic situations, accelerating, securing, and distributing traffic to all the right places.

You will design and build high-performance, distributed systems, at massive scale. Working across E-Commerce, Stores, and everything in between to make Walmart technology the fastest and most resilient in the industry.
About the team:

Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.
What you'll do:
  • Involved in planning of system, development, and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards
  • Drives technical vision and influences product roadmap and vision
  • Implement large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects
  • Leads the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design
  • Supervise the work of cross-functional groups of engineers, including offshore associates
  • Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
  • Supports business objectives and ensures the business needs are being met
  • Develops Innovation strategies, processes, and best practices by leading internal technical teams; partnering with cross-functional teams across the business; developing assessments of key opportunities; documenting project scopes; developing long-range plans timelines

What you'll bring:
  • 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering
  • Experience building Layer 4 and 7 orchestration/routing/load balancing systems
  • Managed systems with >1K servers
  • Built high-performance HTTP proxies and caches
  • Experience with cloud (Azure/Go preferred)
  • DevOps experience
  • Clear understanding of TCP/HTTP request/response protocols/lifecycle
  • 4+ Experience in a language such as Go/Rust/C++/Java
  • Ability to interact effectively with a variety of business and technical stakeholders
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing technical documentation


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 $143,000.00 - $286,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

- 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.

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 3 years' experience in software engineering

Primary Location...

1345 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

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