Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Position Summary:

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities, driving the full software development lifecycle from coding to deployment and maintenance. You will apply cloud-native architecture principles and integrate AI/ML technologies to build innovative solutions that enhance engineering productivity and system resilience. This role requires strong technical leadership, mentorship, and collaboration across teams to ensure alignment with business goals and architectural standards.

You will influence technical decisions, promote engineering excellence, and continuously improve processes to support Walmart's strategic objectives.

About the team:
Our team collaborates with Walmart International, supporting over 5,900 retail locations across 26 countries. We deliver efficient inventory management and store operations applications that empower thousands of store associates. Focused on innovation and collaboration, we apply cloud-native architecture and software design principles to build scalable, resilient solutions. Emphasizing mentorship, problem solving, and data-driven decision making, we enhance platform capabilities and developer productivity.

Together, we drive continuous improvement and deliver impactful technology that supports global retail operations and advances Walmart's commitment to operational excellence.

What You'll Do:

• Technical Leadership:
  Drive the technical vision and strategy for the engineering team. Driving team towards AI first mindset. Stay current with cutting-edge technologies and best practices in software engineering.
• Business Acumen and Strategic Planning:
  Comprehend the business context of the work, make informed decisions that align with the overall leadership vision and strategy and identify opportunities to leverage technology to drive business outcomes.
• Team Management:
  Manage a team of highly skilled engineers. Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. Facilitate team meetings, code reviews, and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Project Management:
  Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. Monitor project progress, manage risks, and ensure high standards of quality.
• Mentorship:
  Provide guidance and mentorship to team members. Promote continuous learning and professional development within the team.
• Own end-to-end ML infrastructure including parsers/stitchers for omni-channel data, multi-tenant data pipelines, feature engineering platforms, model serving infrastructure, evaluation systems (including site crawling, query sampling, NDCG evaluation), and experimentation frameworks

What you'll bring:

• Deep expertise in architecture and design patterns, cloud-native microservices, and building resilient, reliable, high-quality software.
• Strong technical mindset with hands-on product development experience and the ability to deep-dive into complex technical issues.
• Exposure to program management practices, including dependency management and cross-team development tracking.
• Hands-on experience with developer platforms is a strong advantage.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Thought leadership and the ethos of a people-first leader.
• Demonstrated success working effectively with distributed, global teams in a collaborative and productive manner.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a consistent track record of delivering outcomes in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Strong sense of ownership with a focus on quality, responsiveness, efficiency, and continuous innovation.
• Ability to guide teams through technical challenges and drive clarity during execution.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across teams, functions, and geographies.
• Ability to influence, align, and collaborate with diverse partners and stakeholders.
• Passion for quick learning and adapting in a dynamic global environment.

Mandatory

Skills:

• 14+ years of relevant experience, Minimum of 5 years of experience with agile principles and practices. Experience in leading Scrum teams.
• Hands on experience in building scalable cloud native software platforms/applications
• Very strong understanding and experience in software development lifecycle.
• Strong Java/J2EE, React native skill or any other front end experience
• Strong understanding of architecture, database, messaging (Kafka services)
• SQL/Cosmos/Cassandra/Azure database proficiency

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and…