(USA) Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

1d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... Role summary: The Senior Manager, Software Engineering leads the execution of platform-level software and AI/ML systems, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and roadmap milestones. This role oversees scalable infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cloud cost optimization while driving technical excellence and operational delivery. Collaborating across teams, the position manages complex initiatives, mentors engineering talent, and promotes continuous improvement. The role requires strong stakeholder engagement to align engineering efforts with business goals, ensuring high system availability, maintainability, and innovation in delivering robust, AI-integrated software solutions at scale. About the team: The Data Science team applies advanced analytical and modeling techniques to address complex business challenges. Utilizing tools such as Python, SQL, and machine learning frameworks, the team focuses on model assessment, validation, and deployment. Collaborating closely with business stakeholders, they translate requirements into actionable insights and data-driven solutions. Emphasizing rigorous statistical methods and clear data visualization, the team ensures effective communication of findings. Committed to continuous learning and innovation, members follow best practices and emerging technologies to deliver impactful results aligned with organizational goals. What you'll do: Lead platform-level execution of software and AI/ML systems, ensuring alignment with domain priorities and roadmap milestones. Oversee shared infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks to support scalable, secure development. Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, championing DevOps architecture and CI/CD practices. Implement cloud cost optimization and enhance automation, telemetry, and tooling. Mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and promote technical quality and compliance. Manage stakeholder relationships to align priorities and unblock progress. Establish and track operational and engineering metrics to drive continuous improvement. Foster innovation by identifying opportunities to enhance processes and products.

Requirements

• Proven leadership in platform engineering, overseeing software and AI/ML system execution aligned with strategic roadmaps.
• Expertise in managing full software development lifecycle, including DevOps architecture, CI/CD, and cloud cost optimization.
• Strong skills in stakeholder and project management, ensuring timely delivery of complex technical initiatives.
• Experience guiding architectural design, system integration, and maintaining high system availability and scalability.
• Ability to mentor engineering teams, promote technical excellence, and foster continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in software product management and technology roadmap development.
• Demonstrated adaptability to evolving technologies and business priorities.
• Bachelor'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.
• 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
• 2 years’ supervisory experience.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform-level execution of software and AI/ML systems, ensuring alignment with domain priorities and roadmap milestones.
• Oversee shared infrastructure, tooling, and ML frameworks to support scalable, secure development.
• Drive full software development lifecycle across multiple teams, championing DevOps architecture and CI/CD practices.
• Implement cloud cost optimization and enhance automation, telemetry, and tooling.
• Mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and promote technical quality and compliance.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to align priorities and unblock progress.
• Establish and track operational and engineering metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Foster innovation by identifying opportunities to enhance processes and products.

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: Mid Level