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title: "Ashwini J. - Principal Software Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ashwini J., Principal Software Engineer @ Walmart Global Tech India | Ex-Paypal,Ford|Problem Solving, LeetCode| Agentic AI based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude, cursor, and gemini."
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# Ashwini J\. on Tal

## Headline

Principal Software Engineer @ Walmart Global Tech India \| Ex\-Paypal,Ford\|Problem Solving, LeetCode\| Agentic AI

## About

At Walmart Global Tech India, I serve as a Principal Software Engineer with a focus on building scalable and innovative omni\-channel solutions\. My role involves leveraging core skills in Apache Kafka, Java, and Agile methodologies to contribute to cutting\-edge software development\. With over three years of prior experience as a Staff Software Engineer, I actively collaborated with cross\-functional teams to deliver high\-quality platforms tailored to customer needs\. My professional journey includes leading engineering teams in complex projects, mentoring team members, and driving the migration of legacy systems to modern platforms\. By fostering collaboration across disciplines such as product management, UX design, and QA, I aim to ensure seamless project execution and alignment with strategic goals\. My passion lies in delivering robust, customer\-centric software solutions that address business challenges effectively\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

github copilot

hugging face

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Principal Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Jul 2025 \- May 2026 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Jul 2022 \- Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Role and Team: Staff Software Engineer in the returns platform team, focusing on building an omni\-channel experience and migrating legacy applications to new platforms\. Leadership: Led a team of 18 engineers in designing and developing the returns platform using Java and Spring framework, with multi\-tenant capability\. Methodology: Implemented Agile/Scrum methodologies to streamline development processes and ensure timely project delivery\. Collaboration: Worked closely with cross\-functional teams, including product management, UX design, and QA, to align product with customer requirements\. Mentorship and Quality Assurance: Conducted code reviews, provided feedback, and mentored team members to enhance software quality and productivity, unblocking developers\. Technical Documentation: Developed and maintained comprehensive technical documentation, including design documents, user manuals, and release notes\. Strategic Planning: Involved in migration strategy, disaster recovery planning, and infrastructure decision\-making for applications, initial poc\. Testing Strategies: integrated various testing strategies like chaos testing, contract\-based testing, and smoke testing\.

software Engineer III at PayPal, Oct 2020 \- Jul 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Project Lead at Ford Motor China, Oct 2019 \- Dec 2019 · 3 mos, Shanghai, China, Onsite job to setup the new team in Shanghai\.The CAM application integration with different FordCredit application and to include them in WeChat Platform and also to provide the different API to the integration team for Ford and Lincoln Vehicles\. • Involvement in the training to the new resources in China about the CAM WeChat platform and API’s\. • Worked on the development for the Azure oath2 implementation to secure the API\. • Worked on the creation of Azure AD API registration\.

Technical Lead at Ford Credit, Nov 2018 \- Oct 2020 · 2 yrs, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Handling java development including design & troubleshooting of applications, conducting gap analysis including validation of needs in conjunction with business and interfacing teams\. Refactor existing legacy code to improve maintainability\. Frequent discussions with the architecture team for technologies related change\. TOOLS: Eclipse IDE, Intellij Ultimate Edition PROGRAMMING: Java, JMeter, YAML, JavaScript, SQL Express 2014, Gradle, Thymeleaf, Git, Junit, Selenium, Jenkins, Flyway,Swagger Repository: GitHub Enterprise, Accurev Code improvement tool : SonarQube

sr\. software engineer at Ford Credit, Oct 2016 \- Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Worked on Input Module involving development in Spring boot, JQuery and Thymeleaf\. Incorporate frequent requirement aligning with the interest of Agile Methodology for Software Development\. Worked on CSS Layout of various screens\. Release Activities for deploying the application to different environment and release it successfully on production environment using Jenkins build and deployment\. Handling java development including design & troubleshooting of applications, conducting gap analysis including validation of needs in conjunction with business and interfacing teams\. Refactor existing legacy code to improve maintainability\. Frequent discussions with the architecture team for technologies related change\. TOOLS: Eclipse IDE, Intellij Ultimate Edition PROGRAMMING: Java, JMeter, YAML, JavaScript, SQL Express 2014, Gradle, Thymeleaf, Git, Junit, Selenium, Jenkins, Flyway,Swagger Repository: GitHub Enterprise, Accurev Code improvement tool : SonarQube

Software Engineer at Ford Motor Company, Dec 2013 \- Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Software Engineer at AT&T, Nov 2012 \- Nov 2013 · 1 y, Bengaluru

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Computer Science, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

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