Director, Software Engineering

Walmart

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

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Similar $189k
This role $195k
$114k most similar roles pay here $276k

This role pays more than 59% of similar roles. Most pay $161,500–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $189k 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 190 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$220,000 across 182 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Software Engineering

Join Walmart Global Tech's Marketplace Engineering team as a senior leader responsible for driving transformative products within the People Technology space. You will coach and mentor multiple integration teams, foster strong relationships with business stakeholders, and guide architectural modernization efforts by applying the right patterns to meet new business requirements. Your day-to-day involves automating CI/CD processes, implementing telemetry features, and conducting technical impact analyses to ensure system reliability and performance efficiency. Key skills include expertise in Java, Python, React Native, Node.js, and GraphQL, along with deep knowledge of cloud-native distributed systems and microservices architecture. You will lead engineering projects, manage software development teams, and collaborate across various scrum teams, QA, Release Management, Program Management, and TechOps to deliver high-quality solutions at scale for Walmart Marketplace's fast-growing e-commerce platform.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership in building complex microservices-based platforms that are highly reliable and scalable.
  • Drive automation using CI/CD practices to enhance application maturity and adoption.
  • Conduct root cause analysis for system issues, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
  • Guide teams on applying appropriate architectural patterns for modernizing applications based on new business requirements.
  • Analyze system performance to ensure non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, and security are met.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field with extensive (15+ years) software engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in modern 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 teams of engineers and architects, guiding them towards excellence in system design.
  • Deep knowledge of microservices architecture and experience working with distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to partner effectively across cross-functional project teams including QA, Release Management, Program Management, and TechOps.

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