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About Team:

Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of building core platforms and services to enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices and with best in class post-order experience by enabling third-party sellers to list, sell and manage their products to our customers on walmart.com. We do this by managing the entire seller lifecycle, monitoring customer experience, and delivering high-value insights to our sellers to help them plan their assortment, price, inventory. The team also actively collaborates with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and our customers.

What you'll do:
You will be at the forefront of building omni channel platforms and services that enable Walmart to deliver vast selection at competitive prices with best-in-class customer experience. We do this with solutions that enable third-party sellers to sell and manage their products to our customers world over. You will also actively collaborate with partner platform teams to ensure we continue to deliver the best experience to our sellers and customers. As a Principal Software Engineer for Marketplace team at Walmart, you’ll have the opportunity to
* Guide and mentor, a team of engineers, conducting code reviews and leading design discussions to ensure engineering best practices.
* Drive the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs
* Act as a technical authority, providing direction and expertise to the team.
* Drive the adoption of coding standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
* Lead the creation and maintenance of our technical architecture, aligning it with business goals and scalability requirements.
* Architect complex software systems, ensuring performance, security, and scalability needs are met.
* Consistently produce high-quality software with a focus on unit testing, regular code reviews, and continuous integration.
* Uphold high standards in quality and operational excellence.
* Develop comprehensive technical documentation and presentations to clearly communicate architectural decisions and design options.
* Ensure documentation aligns with project scopes, milestones, and deliverables.
* Promote and enforce technical standards across the organization to achieve concrete outcomes and drive engineering excellence.
* Foster a culture of learning and innovation through hands-on technical guidance and mentorship.
* Lead the discovery phase of major projects, ensuring the design aligns with business goals and technical requirements.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scopes and milestones.
* Collaborate closely with Product Management, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, and DevOps teams.
* Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies.

What you'll bring:
* 12+ years of experience in designing and developing highly scalable applications
* Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns, distributed computing)
* Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns.
* In-depth expertise in Java, JEE, Spring, distributed DBs, Cassandra and Kafka
* Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, microservices architecture, and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Deep knowledge of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation tools (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), and observability tools
* Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on major cloud platforms (GCP, Azure)
* Familiarity with testing frameworks (JUnit, Mocha, TestNG, Selenium)
* Experience building event-based distributed systems with tools like Kafka
* Develop service contracts for RESTful web services using industry standards like Swagger and OpenAPI.
* Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum)
* Should be hands on writing/reviewing design & code.
* Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based project - Experience in building extensible platforms, data pipelines.
* Exposure to AI/ML/GenAI concepts(Nice to Have)

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.

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.

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...

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Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and5 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.

Primary Location...

4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India

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What You Should Know About Principal, Software Engineer, Walmart

At Walmart, we're on the hunt for a passionate Principal Software Engineer to join our Marketplace Engineering team in Bangalore. This isn't just another engineering job—it's an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of e-commerce. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll guide and mentor a talented group of engineers while architecting complex, scalable software systems designed for our marketplace. You’ll dive deep into high-level design discussions, code reviews, and development best practices, ensuring that our platforms are robust and efficient. The Marketplace Engineering team is dedicated to delivering a seamless experience for third-party sellers, allowing them to reach customers around the globe while ensuring that our operational excellence standards are met. Your expertise in Java, Kafka, and cloud-native applications will be crucial as you lead the charge in innovating and enhancing these systems. At Walmart, we believe that people drive innovation, and you’ll have the chance to influence the direction of our technology, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. Beyond the technical work, we foster a culture of learning, so you can continuously innovate and refine your skills. If you’re ready to make an impact in a role where your contributions matter, this is the place for you!

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What are the primary responsibilities of a Principal Software Engineer at Walmart?

As a Principal Software Engineer at Walmart, your primary responsibilities will include guiding and mentoring a team of engineers, orchestrating design discussions, driving project execution, and serving as a technical authority. You'll also be responsible for creating and maintaining high-quality software systems within the Marketplace team.