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Walmart Canada · 5 months ago

(USA) Principal, Software Engineer - Global Governance

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$143K/yr - $286K/yr

5+ years exp

Walmart Canada is a leading retailer seeking a Principal Software Engineer for its Global Governance Risk Technology team. The role involves defining platform strategies, developing scalable architectures, and leading engineering projects to enhance technological solutions that support Walmart's operations.

DeliveryRetailShopping

Responsibilities

Define platform strategy and develop architecture that will enable scalable development across multiple teams, to adopt software excellence principles of reusability, reliability, availability, and resilience

Navigate ambiguous problem definitions and develop technology strategy that works backward from the customer and true North, cross collaborating with Walmart Supply chain tech teams across the Retail and DotCom business, as well as international expansions

Adopt and envision new age of technology solutions using Agentic AI and related technologies. Drive innovations and challenge the status quo of software engineering

Leads and participates in medium- to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions by partnering with the product management, technical program managers, business, and user experience teams. Prepare requested information and obtain cross-function approvals

Leads the work of other small group of engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples

Identify short- and long-term solutions and timelines, review and provide feedback for proposed solutions and performing design and code reviews of changes

Hands on development on building n-tier applications using Microservices, Java/J2EE and related technologies

Analyzing business requirements, storyboards and similar artifacts of the scrum process, work in an agile development environment with a quick turnaround time and iterative builds

Work cross-functionally with various teams: product management, various product lines, or business units to drive forward results commitment to team success and positive team dynamics

Passion for growing and applying technical skills in service to customers Experience with SCRUM, and/or Extreme Programming methodologies

Play a true role model and mentor for software engineers and product partners; and be a true partner to Engineering leadership

Qualification

REST API designBackend developmentCloud technologiesMicroservicesCI/CD processesRelational DatabasesNoSQLGenAI/Agentic AIReact technologiesAgile methodologiesJUnit testingTeam collaborationMentoring

Required

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

7 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Preferred

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

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

Knowledge of accessibility best practices and Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture