Senior Director, Software Engineering

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

1d • $160,000 - $416,000

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... What you'll do... We are seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the vision, architecture, and execution of an AI-enabled sales platform designed to improve advertiser engagement, operational efficiency, and revenue impact. Join the Advertising Technology organization at Walmart Global Tech, where we build large-scale engineering platforms that help advertisers grow their business while delivering meaningful value to millions of customers. This role leads the engineering organization responsible for building systems that translate data and intelligence into actionable workflows for sales teams. The platform integrates generative AI capabilities, intelligent automation, and large-scale data infrastructure to support AI-enabled sales tooling, scalable engagement capabilities, and measurement systems that provide visibility into sales effectiveness. The Senior Director will guide engineering teams in designing and operating high-performance, reliable, and scalable distributed systems while partnering closely with Product, Sales, and Business teams. Through strong technical leadership and operational excellence, this role will help establish a modern AI-enabled sales ecosystem that empowers teams to operate efficiently and deliver better outcomes for advertisers. Strategic Leadership Define and execute the multi-year technical and organizational strategy for the AI-enabled sales platform. Partner with Product and Business leadership to align platform capabilities with organizational goals. Lead and grow multiple engineering teams, ensuring the platform continuously evolves to improve advertiser engagement and business impact. Technical Excellence Oversee architecture of large-scale distributed systems integrating AI capabilities and automation. Build scalable platform services, orchestration layers, and high-throughput data pipelines that enable efficient workflows. Ensure performance, reliability, and data integrity, while promoting strong engineering practices across teams. Operational Execution Establish engineering rigor with monitoring, reliability standards, and performance optimization. Drive development of measurement capabilities and partner with infrastructure teams to ensure scalability, efficiency, and timely delivery of high-impact platform initiatives. Team & Culture Build and mentor high-performing teams. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration. Serve as a visible technology leader representing the organization’s engineering vision.

Requirements

• Technical Depth in Platform Engineering Deep expertise designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, data platforms, and high-throughput applications that power business-critical workflows.
• Strategic Platform Vision Ability to translate complex business goals into scalable technical architectures and multi-year platform roadmaps.
• AI-Enabled Systems Experience building platforms that integrate generative AI capabilities and intelligent automation into real-world business applications.
• Leadership & Talent Development Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations while developing strong technical leaders.
• Operational Excellence Strong focus on reliability, performance optimization, and engineering best practices while delivering high-impact platform initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 9 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 4 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Experience building large-scale platform systems that support complex operational workflows.
• Experience developing platforms that integrate AI-enabled capabilities into business applications.
• Experience operating systems that process large volumes of data and support high-scale automation or decision systems.
• Experience working across global teams and supporting enterprise-scale business environments.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi-year technical and organizational strategy for the AI-enabled sales platform.
• Partner with Product and Business leadership to align platform capabilities with organizational goals.
• Lead and grow multiple engineering teams, ensuring the platform continuously evolves to improve advertiser engagement and business impact.
• Oversee architecture of large-scale distributed systems integrating AI capabilities and automation.
• Build scalable platform services, orchestration layers, and high-throughput data pipelines that enable efficient workflows.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and data integrity, while promoting strong engineering practices across teams.
• Establish engineering rigor with monitoring, reliability standards, and performance optimization.
• Drive development of measurement capabilities and partner with infrastructure teams to ensure scalability, efficiency, and timely delivery of high-impact platform initiatives.
• Build and mentor high-performing teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
• Serve as a visible technology leader representing the organization’s engineering vision.

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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