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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 Senior Director, Software Engineering - Agent Builder leads the enterprise Agent Builder function, establishing the operating model, quality standards, and portfolio strategy for designing, deploying, and scaling production-grade autonomous agents. This leader manages Distinguished, Principal/Staff, and Senior Agent Builders while engaging with EVP-level stakeholders. Key responsibilities include defining organizational structures, building governance frameworks for autonomous agent deployment, and owning the enterprise agent portfolio to deliver measurable business outcomes. The role involves reviewing architectures, leading design reviews for multi-agent programs, and driving adoption of shared patterns and reusable components. Required skills include software engineering, business operations, strategy, product management, or AI/automation experience. The work focuses on solving technical challenges related to agentic tooling, platform adoption, and human-in-the-loop design within a complex enterprise automation environment.
Define the enterprise Agent Builder strategy, operating model, and quality standards for production-grade autonomous agents.
Establish a governance framework for autonomous agent deployment in partnership with AI Governance & Trust.
Identify high-value automation opportunities and engage directly with EVP-level business partners.
Own portfolio-level outcome reporting and establish KPIs to track aggregate business impact.
Provide technical oversight by reviewing architectures and leading design reviews for complex multi-agent programs.
Drive the adoption of shared Agent Builder patterns, reusable components, and tooling standards.
Hire, develop, and lead a high-performance team of Distinguished, Principal, and Senior Agent Builders.
Define team structure, capacity planning, and clear career progression paths for individual contributors and people leaders.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Must have 9 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Must have 4 years of supervisory experience.
Must have 10 years of experience in business ops, strategy, product, tech, or AI/automation.
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 (preferred).
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices (preferred).
AI
Agentic Commerce
Data Science
Analytics
Project Management
Program Management
WCAG) 2.2 AA
Information Systems
Data Insights
Business Strategy
Strategy & Operations
Digital Accessibility
AI/ML
Cloud-Native
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Real-time Data Processing
Model-driven Design
AI Agents
Software Development Lifecycle
WCAG) 2.2 AA
AI
ML
Distributed Systems
Cloud-Native
Platform Engineering
CI/CD
Model-Driven Design
Real-time Data Processing
Agent Orchestration
Monitoring
Incident Response
WCAG) 2.2 AA