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About Walmart
Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail
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The Director, Software Engineering - Tax Exempt leads a U.S.-based engineering organization focused on transforming the tax-exempt technology ecosystem into a unified omni-channel platform. This role serves both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce experiences across Walmart and Sam’s Club. The leader will define engineering strategies to consolidate fragmented systems into a scalable enterprise platform, managing registration, validation, purchasing, renewals, audits, and customer support. Key responsibilities include establishing engineering best practices for architecture, development, testing, security, observability, and operational reliability. The position requires expertise in CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and developer productivity tooling. The work involves translating complex federal, state, and local tax-exempt regulations into technical solutions while ensuring data integrity, auditability, and compliance across high-transaction volume systems.
Define and execute the engineering strategy for a unified omni-channel tax-exempt platform.
Consolidate fragmented systems into a scalable enterprise platform with shared services.
Establish engineering best practices for architecture, development, security, and operational reliability.
Architect high-volume systems with strong governance, auditability, and data integrity controls.
Translate strategic priorities into executable engineering roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
Partner with Tax, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.
Recruit, retain, and develop a high-performing U.S.-based engineering organization.
Act as a technical advisor to executive stakeholders on compliance risk and platform strategy.
What we're looking for
Obtain a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 6 years of software engineering experience.
Possess 8 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Possess 3 years of supervisory experience.
Lead the engineering strategy for a unified omni-channel tax-exempt platform.
Establish and scale engineering best practices across architecture, development, testing, security, observability, and operational reliability.
Architect enterprise-grade systems for high transaction volumes with strong governance, auditability, and data integrity controls.
Partner with Tax, Legal, Compliance, and Finance functions to align engineering solutions with federal, state, and local regulations.
Recruit, retain, and develop a high-performing U.S.-based engineering organization.
DevSecOps
CI/CD
Generative AI
Agentic AI
System Architecture
Agile
Automated Testing
Web Services
Mobile Applications
Data Governance
Model Explainability
ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot
Software Development Lifecycle
Incident Response
Debugging