(USA) Senior Director, Software Engineering

Position Summary...

What you'll do...
The Senior Director of Software Engineering will be a pivotal technology leader overseeing the delivery and people management for runtime teams.If you are inspired by the opportunity to solve complex platform problems at scale and make a difference for our customers and members, this is the right place to join.

About the Team
We are a dynamic engineering team focused on transformation of Runtime platforms (RTP) at Walmart. Runtime platform is the heart of Walmart's Global Tech Platform (GTP), where the org supports Traffic Management, Container Management (k8s), VM management, Experimentation Platform, Identity Management, Configuration and Secrets Management. All the Walmart business run on this platform making it as one of the pivotal organizations. The team consists of highly motivated and talented associates who has best knowledge in respective domains. As part of Runtime platform, you'll play a key role in driving the Runtime organization owning the delivery of runtime products and initiatives.
Today, the runtime platforms support every revenue generating application at Walmart, making it one of the mission critical software foundations to run Walmart business effectively serving our customers securely and reliably.

What you'll do:
Leading a team of senior engineering leaders and architects to design, build, and run the next-generation runtime platform.
Building and nurturing a world-class engineering organization, including recruiting, mentoring, and developing senior architects and engineering leaders to foster a high-performing team.
Proactively identifying and addressing customer issues, ensuring continuous improvement in platform performance, reliability, and user experience.
Cultivating a culture of innovation, platform thinking, and engineering excellence, driving continuous improvement in both product development and operational efficiency.
Enforce strong platform mindset to build products that support business innovation and growth keeping the operational excellence for business continuity
Collaborate with your peers in runtime teams to build a cohesive and integrated offering across runtime technology stack.
Collaborating with product, business, and operations leaders to define, prioritize, and execute the product and technology roadmap for runtime systems, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.
Constantly look for optimization in terms of cost, efficiency and improve the availability, performance and resiliency posture.
Convert management level goals into roadmap and initiatives, drive the initiative through strategic decision. Define, design and deliver the objectives and key results with metrics driven success measure.
This role requires a visionary leader who can balance technical expertise with strategic business acumen, and who is passionate about shaping the future of Walmart Global Technology Platform.

What you'll bring:
Extensive experience in managing large-scale experimentation platform
Extensive experience in managing large-scale data pipeline, data stitching platforms
Deep expertise and thorough understanding of ITIL concepts and processes
Hands on experience of setting up and running production operations and processes
Practical experience with cloud networking (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, AWS), Kubernetes networking, and service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy, Linkerd).
Over 10 years of experience in platform development, cloud solutions, and delivering large-scale web events.
Proven track record of enhancing operational excellence and achieving service restoration within 5 minutes through observability and automation-enabled service recovery.
Competent communication and presentation skills for driving vision, motivating teams, and engaging executive leaders.
Strong collaboration and communication abilities, capable of building robust relationships across cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to influence across functional boundaries, build consensus, and align teams toward shared objectives.
Success in hiring, mentoring, and developing top-tier engineering talent establishing high-performance and impactful teams.
A strong inclination towards innovation, committed to advancing technology solutions and introducing new methods to address complex challenges.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

About Walmart Global Tech:

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world's leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Weare people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Benefits and Perks:
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great benefits include a 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, flexible working hours, and more.
We are reimagining the tech workplace by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. Well collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.

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

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 $160,000.00 - $320,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: 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.
Option 2: 9 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
4 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

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., 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.

Primary Location...

2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.