PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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Bangalore, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Hybrid
Expert/Leader
Big Data • Cloud • Logistics • Machine Learning • Retail
The Role
Lead design and delivery of scalable advertising and marketing platform infrastructure. Architect AI-enhanced applications, drive full SDLC across teams, ensure high availability and real-time data processing, mentor engineers, collaborate with stakeholders, maintain quality and operational excellence.
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What you'll do...

About The Team

Ever wondered what would a convergence of online and offline advertising systems looks like? Ever wondered how we can bridge the gap between sponsored search, display, video ad formats? Ever thought how we can write our own ad servers which serve billions of requests in near real time?

Our Advertising and Marketing Technology team is building an end-to-end advertising and marketing platform that is key to Walmart’s overall growth strategy. We use cutting edge data mining , analytics and optimization algorithms to ingest and analyze Walmart’s proprietary online and in-store data, encompassing 95% of American households. Importantly, we build smart data systems that deliver relevant retail ads and experiences that connect our customers with the brands and products they love.

What you'll do:

  • Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and advanced ML frameworks aligned with strategic .
  • Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities.
  • Architect and implement AI-enhanced applications integrating multi-step reasoning and tool-augmented tasks using modern programming languages.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, influencing architectural decisions and promoting engineering excellence and innovation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics.
  • Ensure technical ownership by maintaining quality standards, resolving issues, and driving projects to completion
  • Foster continuous improvement through experimentation, knowledge sharing.

What you'll bring:

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 10+ years experience
  • Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems using languages such as Python, Java, and C++.
  • Experience in bootstrap production and non-prod environments in public/private cloud.
  • Strong technical execution skills managing full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, and incident response.
  • Solid knowledge of Linux systems with the ability to troubleshoot issues in complex, distributed, multi-tier architectures. Excellent debugging and problem solving capability.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience collaborating with multiple teams
  • Follows the industry trends in the online world

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people.  That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s 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. We are 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.

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their 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.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 inclusive of all people.

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...Block- 1, Prestige Tech Pacific Park, Sy No. 38/1, Outer Ring Rd Kadubeesanahalli , India

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 10+ years experience in software engineering or related area
  • Proficiency in AI/ML integration and building intelligent software systems
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, and C++
  • Experience with production and non-production environments in public/private cloud
  • Experience managing full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, and incident response
  • Solid knowledge of Linux systems and troubleshooting distributed, multi-tier architectures
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and cross-team collaboration experience
  • Experience with data mining, analytics, optimization algorithms, and real-time data processing
  • Master's degree in Computer Science (preferred)
  • Knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and assistive technologies (preferred)

Walmart Global Tech Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Walmart Global Tech and has not been reviewed or approved by Walmart Global Tech.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Compensation packages typically include base pay, performance bonuses, and stock awards, with access to an employee stock purchase plan. Feedback suggests annual bonus structures and stock grants are a consistent part of total compensation in many roles.
  • Retirement Support Retirement offerings include a company 401(k) match and stock purchase options that support long‑term savings. Feedback suggests these programs are a notable strength within the overall package.
  • Parental & Family Support Family benefits feature paid parental leave and adoption assistance, alongside tax‑advantaged accounts for healthcare spending. Feedback suggests these supports contribute meaningfully to perceived total rewards value.

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The Company
HQ: Bentonville, AR
578,950 Employees

What We Do

Walmart has a long history of transforming retail and using technology to deliver innovations that improve how the world shops and empower our 2.2 million associates. It began with Sam Walton and continues today with Global Tech associates working together to power Walmart and lead the next retail disruption. We’re a high-performing, primarily virtual workforce that is human-led and tech-empowered. Our world-class software engineers, data scientists and engineers, cybersecurity professionals, product managers and business service professionals work with top talent on cutting-edge technologies that create unique and innovative experiences for our associates, customers and members across Walmart, Sam’s Club and Walmart International. At Walmart Global Tech, one line of code or bold idea can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people – talk about epic impact at a global scale.

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