Walmart

Principal Software Engineer – Traffic Foundation

Walmart

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SunnyvaleCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Involved in planning of system, development, and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards
  • Drives technical vision and influences product roadmap and vision
  • Implement large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects
  • Leads the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design
  • Supervise the work of cross-functional groups of engineers, including offshore associates
  • Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
  • Supports business objectives and ensures the business needs are being met
  • Develops Innovation strategies, processes, and best practices by leading internal technical teams; partnering with cross-functional teams across the business; developing assessments of key opportunities; documenting project scopes; developing long-range plans and project timelines; communicating with and influencing decision-makers and executives within the organization; and resolving technology differences across teams through informed discussions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering
  • Experience building Layer 4 and 7 orchestration/routing/load balancing systems
  • Managed systems with >1K servers
  • Built high-performance HTTP proxies and caches
  • Experience with cloud (Azure/Go preferred)
  • DevOps experience
  • Clear understanding of TCP/HTTP request/response protocols/lifecycle
  • 4+ Experience in a language such as Go/C/C++/Java
  • Ability to interact effectively with a variety of business and technical stakeholders
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing technical documentation.
Benefits
  • 401(k) match
  • Stock purchase plan
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • PTO
  • Multiple health plans
  • Performance-based bonus awards
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Military Leave Pay
  • Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringLayer 4 orchestrationLayer 7 routingload balancing systemshigh-performance HTTP proxiescachescloud (Azure, Go)DevOpsTCP protocolsHTTP request/response protocols
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationinfluencingproblem-solvingproject managementtechnical documentationstakeholder interactioninnovation strategy developmentcross-functional team supervision