--- title: Principal Software Engineer at Walmart in Sunnyvale, CA description: Walmart is hiring for the Principal Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $143K–$286K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/principal-software-engineer-at-walmart-inc-01a0e625-c836-74c5-ab7b-fbb38c9b4957 date: 2026-09-28T21:18:19Z og_description: Join Walmart as Principal Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA. Pays $143K–$286K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/91724m.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Sunnyvale, CA | | **Salary** | $143K/yr - $286K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 23, 2026 | ## Description **Role summary:** As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving innovation in cloud-native architecture and AI/ML integration. This role requires overseeing the full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance. You will provide strategic technical leadership, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate complex business needs into effective technical solutions. Your expertise will shape Walmart’s engineering vision, promote continuous improvement, and support the evolution of advanced software systems serving millions of users. **About the team:** Stride TMS is Walmart’s strategic transportation platform focused on modernizing and optimizing freight movement across the supply chain. The team develops large-scale distributed systems, automation, and operational intelligence that enhance transportation planning and execution throughout Walmart’s extensive logistics network. As the business grows, the team addresses complex engineering challenges in scalability, reliability, AI-driven operations, and supply chain innovation. Members apply cloud-native architecture principles and advanced technical solutions to deliver high-impact, reliable systems that support Walmart’s logistics and transportation goals. **What you'll do:** - Lead platform engineering efforts by delivering scalable infrastructure, reusable tooling, and cloud-native architectures aligned with strategic roadmaps. - Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time data processing capabilities. - Architect and integrate AI-enhanced applications using advanced programming languages and model-driven design principles. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship, promoting engineering excellence and standardization across teams. - Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics. - Champion continuous improvement by adopting new technologies and refining processes to enhance system performance and reliability. **What you'll bring:** - Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable infrastructure and reusable tooling. - Proficiency in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance. - Strong technical expertise in AI/ML integration, software development lifecycle, and continuous integration/deployment. - Demonstrated ability to lead technical execution, maintain architectural decision records, and drive cross-team collaboration. - Skilled in applying model-driven design and leveraging modern development tools to enhance productivity and quality. - Proven mentorship and leadership capabilities fostering engineering excellence and innovation. - Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on customer-centric metrics and operational success. At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. 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. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see . 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. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see [One.Walmart](https://one.walmart.com/). The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock ## Skills - High Availability Systems - Technical Leadership - English Language - Customer Focus - Software Deployment - Problem Solving - Fault Tolerance - HTTP/HTTPS - Cross-Functional Collaboration - Cloud Architecture - Continuous Improvement Process - CI/CD - Software Development Life Cycle - Mentoring - Infrastructure Design - Leadership - Platform Engineering - Refining - Strategic Roadmaps - Machine Learning - Data Processing - Distributed Systems ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Disability Insurance - Life Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Sick Leave - 401(k) Plans ## How to Apply [Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/principal-software-engineer-at-walmart-inc-01a0e625-c836-74c5-ab7b-fbb38c9b4957?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related - [More jobs at Walmart](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/walmart?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown)