(USA) Principal, Software Engineer - AI Evangelist
(USA) Principal, Software Engineer - AI Evangelist
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$ 143000 - 286000
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Position Summary...
Immigration sponsorship is not available in this roleWalmart Global Tech is at the forefront of AI innovation leveraging cutting-edge technologies to redefine customer experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in Generative AI Agentic AI LLMs and RAG frameworks to lead the design development and deployment of advanced AI systems. This role involves architecting scalable solutions integrating agentic frameworks and mentoring engineering teams to push the boundaries of AI-driven innovation.
What youll do...
As part of Walmart GTP you will be building highly scalable and reliable APIs services and applications which will drive the next generation run time platforms. Youll 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 youll be able to say that you work for the worlds 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 youll do:
1. AI Model Development ; Agentic Frameworks:
- Design fine-tune and deploy Generative AI models with a focus on RAG frameworks to enhance information retrieval and generation.
- Develop and optimize LLM-based agents for tasks like knowledge grounding multi-step reasoning and decision-making.
- Integrate external data sources (e.g. vector databases) with LLMs to build dynamic context-aware systems.
2. Architecture ; Scalability:
- Architect scalable distributed AI systems with a focus on performance fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
- Develop detailed design specifications including modular extensible and functional components.
- Build MVPs to validate requirements and refine designs iteratively.
- Provide technical leadership making design tradeoffs to balance long-term scalability with short-term execution needs
3. Collaboration ; Product Integration:
- Partner with teams to integrate AI into platforms.
- Work cross-functionally to design solutions that address both functional and non-functional requirements.
4. Leadership ; Mentorship:
- Drive technical direction for large-scale AI initiatives and mentor other engineers.
- Establish best practices for building and maintaining AI-driven systems.
- Act as a mentor fostering technical growth within the team and contributing to a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
What youll bring:
- Overall 5 years of experience in machine learning / software engineering with 2 years in Generative AI or LLMs.
- Strong experience with RAG frameworks vector search technologies and knowledge grounding techniques.
- Expertise in Python ML frameworks (PyTorch TensorFlow) and libraries like Hugging Face Transformers.
- Proficiency in distributed computing cloud platforms (GCP Azure) and scalable architectures.
- Familiarity with disaster recovery principles and building resilient fault-tolerant systems.
- Experience with multi-modal models (text image video) and advanced optimization techniques (e.g. quantization distillation).
- Experience with Generative AI models (e.g. GPT Gemini) and their fine-tuning.
- Contributions to open-source projects or publications in Generative AI RAG or agentic frameworks.
- Strong understanding of system design non-functional requirements and design patterns.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers data scientists cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption.
People are why we innovate and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here you can kickstart a great career in tech gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding respecting and valuing unique styles experiences identities ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position.
Bachelors degree in computer science computer engineering computer information systems software engineering or related area and 7 years experience in software engineering.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position.
Masters degree in computer science computer engineering computer information systems software engineering and 5 years experience in software engineering or related area.
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 Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors 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 .
Sunnyvale California US-11657:The annual salary range for this position is $143000.00-$286000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
For information about PTO see Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors 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 . Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no minimum qualifications. Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no preferred qualifications.Minimum Qualifications...
Option 2: 7 years experience in software engineering or related area.Preferred Qualifications...
Primary Location...
1345 Crossman Ave Sunnyvale CA 94089-1114 United States of America
Employment Type
Full-Time
