Group Director, Software Engineering - Applied AI

Group Director, Software Engineering
- Applied AI

Sunnyvale, CA

Group Director, Software Engineering
- Applied AI

Sunnyvale, CA

Group Director, Software Engineering
- Applied AI

Sunnyvale, CA

Group Director, Software Engineering
- Applied AI

Multiple locations

Bentonville, AR: $195,000 - $370,000/yr

Sunnyvale, CA: $254,000 - $481,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Bentonville, AR: $195,000 - $370,000/yr

Sunnyvale, CA: $254,000 - $481,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Position Summary... What you'll do... Position Summary... What you'll do...
Role summary:
Asthe Group Director ,AppliedAI&Engineeringyouwillleadanelite,high-caliberappliedAIandengineeringteamdedicatedtobuilding

Walmart’snext-generationintelligencelayer. Youwillberesponsibleforthevision,strategy,andexecutionoflarge-scalefoundationalmodelstrainedonourmassive,multi-modaldatasetencompassingbillionsofcustomertouchpoints,transaction histories,searchqueriesetc. YourmodelswillserveastheAIenginepoweringcriticalconsumerfacingandenterpriseproductsacross

Walmart’secosystem,including
Search,Personalization,Sponsored Ads,Conversational Commerce,andSupply Chain Forecasting
About the team:
The AI and Data organization integrates key capabilities to leverage AI and data as strategic assets across Walmart. It develops and manages shared platforms, intelligence, and decision systems that enhance customer experiences, empower associates, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Within this organization, the Retail Intelligence group focuses on creating and deploying scalable AI models and services that efficiently bring advanced AI capabilities to Walmart’s products and operations.

The team collaborates closely with stakeholders to drive data strategy, machine learning innovation, and business insights, supporting Walmart’s commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
What you'll do:

• Key Responsibilities Technical Vision&Strategy:Definethemulti-yearroadmapfor
  
  Walmart’sCommerce Foundational Models .Drivetheparadigmshiftfromsiloed,domain-specificmodelstounified,multi-taskgenerativearchitectures
• High-Scale Engineering Leadership :Leadaworld-classteamof
  
  AppliedAIResearchers,Machine Learning Engineers ,andDataScientists.
• Horizontal Collaboration&Influence:Partnercloselywithproduct,engineering,andbusinessleadersacross
  
  Search,Ads,Personalization,andCustomer
  
  Experiencetoensurefoundationalmodelsareseamlesslyintegrated,deliveringmassivebusinessvalue.
• Evangelism&Adoption:Serveastheprimarychampionforfoundationalmodelswithin Walmart Global Tech .

What you'll bring:

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’sdegreein
  
  Computer
  
  Science,Machine Learning,Statistics,Mathematics,orahighlyquantitativefield.
• 8+yearsofexperiencedirectlymanagingandscalinghigh-performingdatascienceandMLengineeringteams,withatleast3+yearsmanagingmanagers.
• Proventrackrecordofdesigning,training,anddeployingdeeplearningmodelsinproductionatmassivescale
• Deepunderstandingofdistributedtrainingframeworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D.inCS,ML,orrelatedfieldwithastrongpublicationrecordintop-tierAI/ML conferences
• Domain Expertise in Rec Sysandexperiencebuilding Generative Recommenders ,Hierarchical Sequential Transducers (HSTU) or sequence-basedmodelsforuserbehaviorrepresentation
• Deepknowledgeoflow-latencyinferenceoptimizationtechniques,real-time retrieval

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 long-term disability, company discounts,…