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Position: Principal Software Engineer



Job Location: 10500 NE 8th Street, 13th Floor, Bellevue, WA 98004



Duties: Develop software applications based on the design specifications, encompassing coding, testing, debugging, documenting, reviewing, and/or refining across the application development stages in accordance with defined standards for development and security. Define collection of hardware and software components and their interfaces to establish the framework for the development of a solution, product, or platform. Identify causes of defects and conduct analysis to avoid recurrence of issues and improve the quality and performance of the product/solution. Assess and test the overall effectiveness and performance of an application, including setting up suitable testing conditions and defining test cases and/or technical criteria. Identify and scope business stakeholder requirements and priorities through rigorous information gathering and analysis to enable effective solutioning and delivery. Develop a compelling and defensible business case and articulate the potential impact of the solution to the business. Create and refine the overall design of products and solutions including the design of functional specifications from the defined business requirements. Responsible for the consideration and incorporation of various controls, functionality, and interoperability of different elements into a design blueprint or model which describes the overall architecture in hardware, software, databases, and third-party frameworks that the software will use or interact with.



Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 3 years of experience in software engineering or related area; OR Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 5 years of experience in software engineering or related area.



Skills required: Experience classifying requirements into applicable types and assessing gaps, updates, and modifications between the customer/business expectations and the existing product/solutions. Experience anticipating the solution risks and issues during requirements gathering phase, informing relevant stakeholders, and recommending corrective steps. Experience creating user stories for components or applications. Experience creating modular, extensible, and functional design for the product or solution in adherence to requirements. Experience evaluating trade-offs while designing across multiple components in a product based on business requirements. Experience converting High Level Designs to create detailed designs using mock screens, pseudo codes, and detailed functional logic of the modules for specific modules or components of a product. Experience designing for disaster recovery. Experience designing MVP to clarify requirements and design and uncover risks. Experience refining the MVP design for early defects and revised customer requirements. Experience selecting appropriate frameworks, platforms, and environments for software coding, configuration, and scripting. Experience guiding a team on coding patterns, languages, and frameworks in line with evolving trends in the industry and driving scalability and security. Experience creating and configuring minimalistic code for entire products or systems and ensuring the product or system is meeting business requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability, and high-scalability needs. Experience with architectural styles, patterns, and plans that address common software design problems including client-server, microservices, and event-driven architecture and design or Observer pattern. Experience with non-functional system performance parameters and factors including scalability, reliability, availability, security, usability, latency, bandwidth, and security. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.




Salary Range: $190,486/year to $264,000/year. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and Stock equity incentives.



Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.


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.com.


Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



About Walmart



At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?


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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.



All the benefits you need for you and your family

• Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase plans, life insurance and more
• Associate discounts in-store and online
• Education assistance for Associate and dependents
• Parental Leave
• Pay during military service
• Paid Time off - to include vacation, sick, parental
• Short-term and long-term disability for when you can't work because of injury, illness, or childbirth

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 specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com/Benefits.



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