Director, Software Engineering

Walmart

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CABentonville, AR
Salary
$169,000–$338,000 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $254k
$120k most similar roles pay here $361k

This role pays more than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $159,750–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $254k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 290 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$220,000 across 282 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Software Engineering

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Walmart Global Tech's Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team is looking for a senior engineering leader to drive the strategy and execution of Traffic Foundation platforms, which are critical for Walmart’s global digital experiences. This role involves defining technical vision, architecture, and roadmaps while partnering with cross-functional leaders to align platform investments with business priorities. The ideal candidate will lead high-performing teams in developing scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure, oversee large-scale initiatives, and ensure operational excellence through continuous improvement efforts. Key skills include deep expertise in distributed systems, networking, and traffic management technologies, experience with Azure, Kubernetes, and modern programming languages like Go or Rust, and a proven track record of building and scaling engineering organizations at enterprise scale.

Skills

Kubernetes Azure Go Rust Java Docker CI/CD Terraform AWS PostgreSQL MySQL Redis Elasticsearch Prometheus Grafana GitLab GitHub Jenkins Ansible Python

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the technical vision for Walmart's Traffic Foundation platforms.
  • Lead architecture design and roadmap development for mission-critical traffic management systems.
  • Oversee the delivery of highly available, distributed systems supporting Walmart’s critical applications.
  • Ensure operational excellence by owning reliability, performance, and security of traffic infrastructure.
  • Drive talent development and organizational planning for global engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, networking, and traffic management technologies.
  • Extensive knowledge of Layer 4/7 routing, load balancing, caching, and edge services.
  • Strong understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience delivering large-scale cross-functional initiatives across multiple organizations.
  • Working knowledge of modern programming languages like Go, Rust, Java.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive platform strategy and engineering excellence.

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