Position Summary...

As a Principal Engineer, you will be a visionary technical leader responsible for architecting and building the next generation of our Developer Productivity solutions. You will tackle some of the most complex technical challenges at a massive scale, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business outcomes and create unparalleled customer experiences. You will be an influential member of the engineering team, setting technical direction, mentoring senior engineers, and leading the design and implementation of highly scalable, resilient, and secure systems. This is a hands-on leadership role for a disruptive thinker who is passionate about leveraging technology to solve real-world problems. 

What you'll do...

About the Team
Walmart’s Global Tech Platforms (GTP) team powers the tools and technologies that thousands of developers rely on every day. When we help our developers build faster and better, millions of Walmart associates can serve hundreds of millions of customers more effectively — creating real impact at a global scale. As part of the GTP team at IDC, you’ll help build and evolve the platforms that enable our engineering community to do their best work. You’ll design innovative features, improve platform reliability, and ensure our products scale to meet the growing needs of Walmart’s developers. Your work will directly shape the productivity, efficiency, and experience of one of the world’s largest tech ecosystems. If you’re excited by large-scale engineering challenges and motivated by the opportunity to empower thousands of developers, this is the place where your work truly matters.

What You'll Do

Our ideal candidate is an energetic, self-motivated individual focused on solving customer problems. He/she is a responsive team player who can proactively contribute for building technical strategies for applications and systems by promoting an understanding of the technology and business roadmap. When you add the numbers, you will realize that this role will probably help influence the largest pool of customers anywhere in the world. If that gives you goose bumps - then you are the kind of candidate, we want.

• Lead engineering teams to design, build, and deploy developer-focused platforms that improve productivity and experience.
• Drive large-scale, cross-functional projects by translating requirements into technical solutions and ensuring successful execution.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to shape platform vision, architecture, and implementation.
• Develop and maintain scalable, high-performance applications with seamless frontend–backend integration.
• Analyze and resolve issues through root-cause investigation and performance optimization.
• Partner with global engineering and product teams to share knowledge and deliver aligned solutions.
• Enhance and streamline software development processes to improve efficiency.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills across distributed teams.
• Uphold company policies, values, ethics, and integrity.

What You'll Bring

• Deep expertise in architecture, design patterns, cloud-native microservices, and building resilient, high-quality software.
• Strong technical mindset with hands-on product development experience and the ability to deep-dive into complex issues.
• Experience with developer platforms and guide teams through technical challenges.
• Proven ability to build, lead, mentor, and influence high-performing, globally distributed engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and consistent delivery in fast-paced, complex environments.
• Strong sense of ownership with focus on quality, efficiency, responsiveness, and continuous innovation.
• Passion for learning, adaptability, and people-first leadership.
• Applied AI Skills: Generative AI, LLMs, agentic and RAG frameworks; architecting scalable AI systems and mentoring teams in AI innovation.
• Frontend Expertise: React, React Native, Redux, Webpack, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and building responsive UIs.
• Backend Expertise: Java, J2EE, Spring Framework, JVM internals (concurrency, multithreading).
• Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, system design, and distributed systems.
• Experience with RESTful services, SOA, SQL, and relational databases (Postgres, SQL Server, BigQuery).
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Python.
• Cloud & DevOps: Experience deploying applications in cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and production operations.
• Proven ability to design and operate scalable, highly available distributed systems.
• An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS in any stream – Computer Science preferred.
• 14+ years of relevant experience, Minimum of 5 years of experience with agile principles and practices. Experience in leading Scrum teams.
• Hands on experience in building scalable cloud native software platforms/applications
• Very strong understanding and experience in the area of software development lifecycle.
• Strong Java/J2EE, React skill (good to have)
• Strong understanding of architecture, database, messaging (Kafka services)
• SQL/Cosmos/Azure database proficiency
• Experience in leading and delivering full-stack developer platform applications would be desirable

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.

Work
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...

G, 1, 3, 4, 5 Floor, Building 11, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India