Director, Software Engineering

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Bentonville, AR
Salary: $130,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago

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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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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

Walmart currently has 529 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 523 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Software Engineering

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As a Senior Technical Leader in Walmart's People Technology team, you will serve as an influential coach and servant leader to multiple integration teams working on transformative products. Your daily responsibilities include fostering strong relationships with business stakeholders, guiding the application modernization process by applying appropriate architectural patterns, and driving automation through CI/CD maturity. You will also implement telemetry features for operational excellence and conduct technical impact analysis to ensure system reliability and performance efficiency. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in cloud-native distributed systems like Azure or GCP, and has a deep understanding of microservices architecture. Proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, React Native, Node.js, and GraphQL is essential, along with leadership skills to mentor and develop talent within the team.

Skills

Java Python React Native Node JS React JS GraphQL Azure GCP WCNP Microservices Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis AWS Scrum

What you'll do

Influence and coach multiple integration teams on transformative products in People Technology.
Guide the application modernization process by analyzing architectural gaps and recommending patterns.
Drive automation maturity through CI/CD stage gates adoption for applications.
Implement telemetry features to enhance operational excellence of applications.
Conduct technical impact analysis and root cause analyses with corrective actions.

What we're looking for

15+ years of software engineering experience with a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Proficiency in web languages such as Java, Python, React Native, Node.js, and GraphQL.
Expertise in cloud-native distributed system development on Azure, GCP, or WCNP.
Experience managing software development teams and leading complex engineering projects.
Deep knowledge of microservices architecture and disaster recovery strategies.
Ability to drive automation and CI/CD maturity within the team.
Strong technical leadership in building highly reliable and scalable microservice platforms.

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