(USA) Principal, Software Engineer

Principal, Software Engineer position at Walmart, responsible for defining, designing, and developing data access layers, leading a team of engineers, and collaborating with open source community and public cloud database service providers.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software development experience in backend systems and services involving database accesses (SQL and NoSQL) in distributed environment.
• Extensive hand-on experience and deep expertise in Java based technologies, including concurrency and threads models in Java.
• Proficiency in database technologies and deep understanding of their designs and limitations (SQL and NoSQL).
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban), continuous integration and delivery (Jenkins, GitOps, etc), and testing frameworks and concepts (Integration, Unit, etc ).
• Experience in running large-scale data platforms, designing, scoping, and building large projects across multiple teams with end-to-end delivery.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, including the ability to lead a group of engineers to solve challenging problems and mentor junior engineers.
• Knowledge of deployment automation tools (Docker, Kubernetes), database technologies, distributed systems, and DB Client SDK or Networking drivers.
• Ability to write clear design documentations, diagnose and do deep analysis on production issues, and collaborate with teams across multiple locations.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Health benefits (medical, vision, dental coverage)
• Financial benefits (401(k), stock purchase, company-paid life insurance)
• Paid time off benefits (PTO, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting)
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program)