Senior Director, Software Engineering- AI Shopping & Content

Sunnyvale, CA

1395 Crossman Ave
Sunnyvale, CA

$208,000 - $416,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Provides strategic and technical leadership to define, build, and scale AI-powered content and media experiences across Walmart’s digital shopping platforms. As a Senior Director, you will owner a portfolio of initiatives that transform various shopping experiences through AI, immersive technologies, and scalable engineering systems, delivering differentiated, customer-first innovation at enterprise scale.

This leader will drive long-term vision, influence organizational design, and partner globally to integrate advanced computer vision, generative AI, and content platforms into high-impact customer experiences.

The Content Experiences Organization inspires product discovery and drives purchase confidence through seamless, content-driven experiences that delight customers across their entire shopping journey. By expanding our rich media portfolio, leveraging advanced Gen AI, and scaling virtual try on, interactive social, and Extended Reality (XR) capabilities, we build intuitive and delightful retail experiences across 6 different pillars:
Immersive Experiences, Virtual Try On Experiences, Social Experiences, XR Experiences, Content Generation/Evaluation Science, and Experiences Insights. The experiences incorporate cutting edge engineering, front end innovation, and data intelligence to redefine the future of modern commerce.

• Establish and drive the multi-year technical roadmap for AI driven, rich-media content experiences across all Walmart screens, surfaces, and global operating regions.
• Act as a key stakeholder in enterprise-level decision-making, influencing executive leadership on technology investments, priorities, and innovation areas
• Identify and execute on technology opportunities that directly enhance product discovery, customer engagement, conversion, and customer trust through rich media and intelligent content.
• Provide comprehensive ownership for the development, scaling, and global deployment of foundational capabilities, including:
  • Rich Media:
    Universal media player, interactive video, 360° product experiences, and advanced content delivery pipelines.
  • Immersive Commerce:
    Virtual Try-On (VTO) and spatial/XR shopping features.
  • Content Generation & Intelligence:
    Generative AI content creation, automated metadata enhancement based on Content Understanding, Content/Model Evaluation, and brand safety/moderation systems.
• Architect and maintain resilient, high-performance, and globally consistent full-stack platforms that ensure operational excellence and reliability at Walmart scale.
• Partner seamlessly with business, product, design, and data teams to translate overarching corporate priorities into scalable, unified technology solutions.
• Collaborate with specialized AI research teams to successfully operationalize and product ionize advanced models into enterprise systems.
• Champion the adoption of generative AI, agentic systems, and computer vision across customer experiences to unlock next-generation automation, personalization, and efficiency.

• Lead a global, multi-pillar engineering organization, driving strategic succession planning, talent development, and cross-functional alignment across international tech centers.
• Direct, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders while fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture anchored in accountability, innovation, and customer obsession.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (master’s preferred)
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform development, or AI-driven systems
• 10+ years of…