Principal, Software Engineer

This role, titled Principal, Software Engineer, involves supporting our Conversational AI mobile engineering team to reduce implementation costs, foster continuous improvement, drive innovation, and mentor engineers in developing enterprise-scale software applications and frameworks. The focus is on building SDKs for mobile applications that enable customers to shop seamlessly via spoken interactions with connected devices.

What you'll do...

About Team: Our team creates reusable technologies to enhance customer acquisition, onboarding, and merchant empowerment, delivering seamless experiences across in-store, mobile, and web channels. The Walmart Emerging-Tech group leads initiatives in Conversational AI, Voice Assistants, Extended Reality, and more, aiming to develop next-generation retail experiences.

What you'll do:

• Leading engineering teams, including offshore associates, providing guidance, and performing design and code reviews.
• Troubleshooting business and production issues with root cause analysis and resolution strategies.
• Leading project discovery phases, collaborating across teams to develop high-level designs and prototypes.
• Developing innovation strategies, documenting project scopes, and influencing decision-makers.
• Managing large-scale mobile projects, translating requirements into solutions for multiple platforms, and ensuring timely delivery.
• Promoting company policies, ethics, and standards, while providing training and guidance.

What you'll bring:

• 12+ years of Android platform experience.
• Proficiency in Kotlin.
• Deep understanding of Android app development principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with UIkit, Android Libraries, RESTful APIs, and integrating third-party SDKs.
• Knowledge of mobile architecture, performance tuning, logging, caching, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience mentoring engineers and managing large projects.

About Walmart Global Tech: We are innovators in retail technology, fostering a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth, learning, and impact at scale.

Benefits include competitive compensation, performance bonuses, 401(k), stock plans, health insurance, paid leave, education programs, and more.

Walmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.