(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Role summary:
As a Principal Engineer, you will help define the technical vision for a business-critical platform that sits at the heart of Walmart's supply chain, influencing architecture, platform strategy, operational excellence, and next-generation AI-powered transportation capabilities at unprecedented scale. This role requires overseeing the full software development lifecycle, ensuring high availability and system reliability while aligning technical execution with strategic roadmaps. You will provide technical leadership, lead AI assisted software development practices and design agentic AI solutions to improve operational efficiency.
About the team:
Stride TMS is Walmart's strategic transportation platform, responsible for modernizing and optimizing freight movement across the supply chain. The team builds large-scale distributed systems, automation, and operational intelligence that power transportation planning and execution across Walmart's vast logistics network. As we accelerate and grow our business, we are solving complex engineering challenges in scalability, reliability, AI-driven operations, and supply chain innovation.
What you'll do:

• Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and AI/ML frameworks aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Drive full software development lifecycle activities including design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance across multiple teams.
• Architect cloud-native, distributed systems ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting best practices and architectural consistency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into clear technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
• Foster continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of advanced development tools.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures and reusable tooling.
• Proven ability to drive full software development lifecycle including coding, testing, CI/CD deployment, and maintenance.
• Strong expertise in designing distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
• Proficiency in applying model-driven design and leveraging AI agents to enhance software solutions.
• Demonstrated technical judgment with sound decision-making and long-term architectural planning.
• Effective collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and mentoring engineering teams.

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

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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 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, 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...

1375 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.