Director, Software Engineering

Walmart•Sunnyvale, CA

7d•$169,000 - $338,000

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The Director, Software Engineering manages the Display AdServing system, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and alignment with strategic objectives. This role oversees the full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, driving technical excellence through DevOps practices, cloud optimization, and system health monitoring. The director fosters high-performing teams through coaching and mentorship while managing cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder alignment. By championing innovation and continuous improvement, this position ensures the successful implementation of technology roadmaps that support business growth and operational efficiency. About the team: The mission of Walmart Display Ads is to connect brand owners and shoppers with relevant display ads. We bring brand awareness and rich product information to shoppers and help brand owners grow their business. The Display AdServing team builds advanced services with cutting edge technologies, to understand shopper intent and surrounding context, serve relevant ads and optimize campaign performance. The team emphasizes strong project and stakeholder management, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. It fosters a culture of coaching, problem solving, and innovation to drive impactful results while maintaining operational efficiency and alignment with strategic priorities.

Requirements

Proven leadership in managing complex software, data, and ML systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, performance, and integration.
Excellent skills in problem solving, roadmap alignment, project management, XFN communication and stakeholder management.
2+ years experience of managing teams through leaders.
Effective coaching and mentorship capabilities to build high-performing engineering teams.
Familiarity with AdTech and AI/ML applications in online advertising.
Humility with high integrity, customer empathy and engineering excellence.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
3 years' supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5 years' experience in software engineering

Responsibilities

Lead execution of complex software, data, and AI/ML systems ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and integration across platforms.
Oversee full software development lifecycle, championing DevOps practices and cloud cost optimization to enhance engineering efficiency.
Collaborate with XFN teams, including Product, Data Science and other engineering teams, to build roadmap and deliver features that support business objectives and drive up advertisers' ROAS.
Apply sound technical judgment to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement in processes and products.
Build and mentor high-performing teams, fostering professional growth and succession planning.

Benefits

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's 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 One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00 - $338,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock