Director, Software Engineering

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

22h • Onsite

About The Position

At Walmart Global Tech, the Marketplace Engineering team is at the forefront of redefining global commerce at scale. We are the backbone of one of the fastest-growing e Commerce platforms Walmart Marketplace, where third-party sellers meet millions of customers every day. Our mission is bold: to deliver unmatched selection, competitive pricing, and a world-class pre-order, post-order experience, all powered by intelligent platforms and resilient systems. We empower thousands of sellers to thrive by offering tools to manage every aspect of their digital storefront from listing products to optimizing prices and inventory, while ensuring exceptional customer experiences. Our systems monitor the entire seller lifecycle, leverage real-time data for insights, and seamlessly integrate with partner platforms across the Walmart ecosystem.

Influence, coach, and be a servant leader to multiple integration teams focused on transformative products within our People Technology space. Builds strong and trusting relationships with the business stakeholders with more engagement, collaboration, and facetime beyond the 4ITB meetings. Provide guidance in applying the right architectural pattern for the modernization of the applications by analyzing the gaps between existing architecture and new business requirements. Drive automation using more adoption and maturity on the CI/CD stage gates for the applications. Drive implementation of telemetry features based on the domain requirements to improve the overall operational excellence of the application. Knowledge of Software architecture, Distributed systems, Scalability, Design patterns, Disaster Recovery. Technical leadership in building a complex microservices based platform or product that are highly reliable, and scalable. Drive technical impact analysis, conduct RCAs with corrective actions for both short & long term fixes and prevent them from re-occurring. Operating with excellence – Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others. Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 15+ years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• Technical Proficiency in one or more of the web languages such as Java, Python, React Native, Node JS, React JS, GraphQL
• AI-native mindset to evolve processes and systems
• Deep working knowledge of all aspects of Cloud native distributed system development: Azure/ GCP/ WCNP preferred
• Experience working with micro-services architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience managing software development engineers, leaders, architects and leading engineering projects, guiding engineering teams on engineering excellence & solid system design
• Experience partnering with cross-functional project development and in collaborating with other scrum teams, QA, Release Management, Program Management, and TechOps.
• 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

• Azure/ GCP/ WCNP preferred

Responsibilities

• Influence, coach, and be a servant leader to multiple integration teams focused on transformative products within our People Technology space
• Builds strong and trusting relationships with the business stakeholders with more engagement, collaboration, and facetime beyond the 4ITB meetings
• Provide guidance in applying the right architectural pattern for the modernization of the applications by analyzing the gaps between existing architecture and new business requirements
• Drive automation using more adoption and maturity on the CI/CD stage gates for the applications
• Drive implementation of telemetry features based on the domain requirements to improve the overall operational excellence of the application
• Technical leadership in building a complex microservices based platform or product that are highly reliable, and scalable
• Drive technical impact analysis, conduct RCAs with corrective actions for both short & long term fixes and prevent them from re-occurring
• Operating with excellence – Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others
• Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security
• Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent
• Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy

Benefits

• incentive awards for your performance
• 401(k) match
• stock purchase plan
• paid maternity and parental leave
• PTO
• multiple health plans
• competitive pay
• performance-based bonus awards
• medical coverage
• vision coverage
• dental coverage
• stock purchase
• company-paid life insurance
• parental leave
• family care leave
• bereavement
• jury duty
• voting
• short-term and long-term disability
• company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director