Lead the design and development of scalable, secure software solutions aligned with business objectives.
Analyze requirements, create detailed designs, and guide implementation across distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
Drive quality through code reviews, testing strategies, and continuous integration practices while anticipating risks and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence technical direction and mentor others.
Analyze and scope requirements, including risk and cost assessments.
Design scalable, modular software architectures incorporating disaster recovery and cloud-native principles.
Develop detailed designs and minimum viable products to clarify requirements and identify risks.
Guide coding standards, frameworks, and security practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable software.
Lead test strategy development, tool selection, and execution to validate functionality, performance, and security.
Monitor program metrics and manage continuous integration and deployment processes for optimal delivery.
Conduct root cause analysis and drive defect resolution to enhance product reliability and usability.

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.
Extensive experience in software architecture, distributed systems, and scalable design patterns.
Proficiency in coding languages such as JavaScript, Python, and C, with knowledge of relevant frameworks and platforms.
Strong expertise in cloud computing architecture, cloud-native design, and cloud engineering principles.
Ability to conduct thorough requirement analysis, including functional and non-functional specifications.
Skilled in designing modular, extensible solutions aligned with business objectives and risk mitigation.
Experience leading code reviews, ensuring security compliance, and driving CI/CD automation.
Knowledge of test strategies, defect management, and telemetry for performance monitoring.

Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Principal Software Engineer

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