PRINCIPAL, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Position Summary...

What youll do...

About the Team:
The Content Moderation Platform team is part of the Next Gen Commerce initiative for Walmart. We are the guardians of content integrity across Walmarts digital ecosystem.
Our mission is to build intelligent, scalable platforms that ensure every piece of user-generated content on Walmarts properties is authentic, safe, and trustworthy - while enabling the rich content experiences that help customers make confident purchase decisions.
We operate at the intersection of platform engineering, machine learning, and policy enforcement, processing billions of content signals across reviews, ratings, QA, images, videos, and emerging XR experiences. Our systems protect customers from harmful content, shield the Walmart brand from safety risks, and ensure compliance with global regulations - all while maintaining the speed and scale that Walmart demands.
What makes us unique:
Scale - We moderate content across one of the worlds largest retail platforms, serving hundreds of millions of customers.
Innovation - We leverage cutting-edge ML/AI, including LLMs and multimodal models, to automate moderation at unprecedented accuracy.
Impact - Our work directly protects customer trust, advertiser confidence, and Walmarts brand reputation.
Breadth - From text reviews to AR try-on experiences, we cover the full spectrum of content types across Walmarts evolving digital ecosystem.
Collaboration - We work at the crossroads of engineering, data science, legal, policy, and product - making every day a cross-functional challenge.
We are a team of passionate engineers who believe that safe content experiences are the foundation of customer trust in digital commerce.

What youll do:

• You ll have the opportunity to work with large-scale low latency systems interfacing with multiple subsystems and data models.
• Build scalable and effective APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and services for real-time inferencing ML models.
• Build APIs and services to deploy and orchestrate end-to-end services.
• Build and optimize distributed data processing jobs.
• Build and manage data pipelines, integrating data from multiple sources and ensuring data accuracy and completeness.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in software engineering and machine learning.

What youll bring:

• Strong background in computer science: algorithms and data structures with degree in B.E./B. Tech/M Tech/MS in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Strong coding skills with Java and ReactJS.
• Proven experience in writing extensible and testable software.
• Proficient with design patterns, OOP, and/or Functional programming.
• Experience in designing the UI
• Proficient in designing robust, large scale backend system, considering for
• performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Experience with Docker containerization, Kubernetes, GCP, and/or Azure.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work independently and in a team.
• Experience with ML algorithms, tools, and ML systems is nice to have.
• 14+ years of experience in design and development of high scale applications development in product based companies or RD divisions.
• 8+ years of experience building micro-services using Java

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world s 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.

Walmart s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, pto, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." by fostering a workplace culture where everyone is-and feels-included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal opportunity employer

Walmart, inc., is an equal opportunities 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 inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years experience in software engineering or related area.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years experience in software engineering or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location... Block- 1, Prestige Tech Pacific Park, Sy No. 38/1, Outer Ring Rd Kadubeesanahalli , India