Position Summary...What you'll do...Role summary:As a Senior Manager, Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving the full software development lifecycle from coding to deployment and maintenance. You will apply cloud-native architecture principles and integrate AI/ML technologies to build innovative solutions that enhance engineering productivity and system resilience. This role requires strong technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration across teams to ensure alignment with business goals and architectural standards. You will influence technical decisions, promote engineering excellence, and continuously improve processes to support Walmart's strategic objectives.
About the team:Our team collaborates with Walmart International, supporting over 5,900 retail locations across 26 countries. We deliver efficient inventory management and store operations applications that empower thousands of store associates. Focused on innovation and collaboration, we apply cloud-native architecture and software design principles to build scalable, resilient solutions. Emphasizing mentorship, problem solving, and data-driven decision making, we enhance platform capabilities and developer productivity. Together, we drive continuous improvement and deliver impactful technology that supports global retail operations and advances Walmart's commitment to operational excellence.
What You'll Do:
- Technical Leadership: Drive the technical vision and strategy for the engineering team. Driving team towards AI first mindset. Stay current with cutting-edge technologies and best practices in software engineering.
- Business Acumen and Strategic Planning: Comprehend the business context of the work, make informed decisions that align with the overall leadership vision and strategy and identify opportunities to leverage technology to drive business outcomes.
- Team Management: Manage a team of highly skilled engineers. Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. Facilitate team meetings, code reviews, and knowledge sharing sessions.
- Project Management: Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. Monitor project progress, manage risks, and ensure high standards of quality.
- Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to team members. Promote continuous learning and professional development within the team.
- Own end-to-end ML infrastructure including parsers/stitchers for omni-channel data, multi-tenant data pipelines, feature engineering platforms, model serving infrastructure, evaluation systems (including site crawling, query sampling, NDCG evaluation), and experimentation frameworks
What you'll bring: - Deep expertise in architecture and design patterns, cloud-native microservices, and building resilient, reliable, high-quality software.
- Strong technical mindset with hands-on product development experience and the ability to deep-dive into complex technical issues.
- Exposure to program management practices, including dependency management and cross-team development tracking.
- Hands-on experience with developer platforms is a strong advantage.
- Proven ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
- Thought leadership and the ethos of a people-first leader.
- Demonstrated success working effectively with distributed, global teams in a collaborative and productive manner.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a consistent track record of delivering outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments.
- Strong sense of ownership with a focus on quality, responsiveness, efficiency, and continuous innovation.
- Ability to guide teams through technical challenges and drive clarity during execution.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across teams, functions, and geographies.
- Ability to influence, align, and collaborate with diverse partners and stakeholders.
- Passion for quick learning and adapting in a dynamic global environment.
Mandatory Skills:
- 14+ years of relevant experience, Minimum of 5 years of experience with agile principles and practices. Experience in leading Scrum teams.
- Hands on experience in building scalable cloud native software platforms/applications
- Very strong understanding and experience in software development lifecycle.
- Strong Java/J2EE, React native skill or any other front end experience
- Strong understanding of architecture, database, messaging (Kafka services)
- SQL/Cosmos/Cassandra/Azure database proficiency
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 $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
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 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
2 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 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.
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.
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