Principal Software Engineer

Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Our team is growing, and we are looking for a highly motivated Principal Software Engineer who is a self-starter and will play a critical role in the design and implementation of some of our core applications that impacts the largest retailer in the world!
In this role, you will:

• Lead the work of cross-functional groups of ten to twenty engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples; identifying tactical and strategic solutions; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
• Direct root cause analysis of critical business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause); directing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action
• Support business objectives by collaborating with business partners to identify opportunities and drive resolution; partnering with business to define priorities and leading cross-functional partnership.
• Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design by partnering with the Product Management, Web Operations, Project Management, Business and User Experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas.
• Lead and direct large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical specifications, communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders, and providing leadership to the project team.
• Promote and support company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction toothers in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.

About the team:
As part of Walmart's Sponsored Products Technology team, you will be building highly scalable and reliable APIs, data-pipelines, services, and applications which will drive the next generation of Ad Servers. You'll independently handle high impact, critical software/systems monitoring issues, troubleshoot business and production issues. As a member of this fast-moving and highly entrepreneurial team (our revenue was $650M in 2021, with projections in the $1B in the next year), you'll be able to say that you work for the world's largest retailer and contribute to innovation and development to best-in-class methodologies that impacted perception and drastically changed business as we know it.
What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's degree in Computer Science (or related field) and 12+ years of experience
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of 10-20 Engineers, both onsite and offshore
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, databases, operating systems, etc.
• Expertise in Java, Scala, Object Oriented & Functional Programming, Design Patterns
• Experience in coding and implementing scalable solutions in a large-scale distributed eco-system with Cloud Technologies like Azure and GCP
• Expertise in Apache Hadoop, Map-reduce, Apache Spark, and in messaging Systems as Kafka
• In depth knowledge of No-SQL and RDBMS technologies
• Strong expertise in designing and building scalable APIs & cloud native microservices

Benefits & Perks:
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
About Global Tech:
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption.
We're virtual:
Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We'll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 5 years' experience in software engineering or related field OR 7 years' experience in software
engineering or related field
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 or related field and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related field
Primary Location...
600 WEST CALIFORNIA AVENUE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-2486, United States of America