Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About Team:

Enterprise Business Services is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, Associate Digital Experience. Our team is responsible for design and development of solution that knows our consumer’s needs better than ever by predicting what they want based on unconstrained demand, and efficiently unlock strategic growth, economic profit, and wallet share by orchestrating intelligent, connected planning and decisioning across all functions. We interact with multiple teams across the company to provide scalable robust technical solutions.This role will play crucial role in overseeing the planning, execution and delivery of complex projects within team

Walmart’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of several exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart.

As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes the books, physical and legal risk is avoided, and when we pay our associates consistently and accurately, that is EBS. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.

What you'll do

• Lead the software architecture, distributed systems, scalability, design patterns, disaster recovery, and tech stacks.
• Contribute to product development, understanding and defining non-functional requirements, and detailed design.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and collaborate with program, product, and business teams for product development launches.
• Show advanced coding skills and demonstrate knowledge of various coding languages and frameworks.
• Display proficiency in test case preparation, devising test strategies, identifying test types, and using test tools.
• Understand and manage the defect life-cycle process, use defect tracking tools and methodologies, and report defects.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause corrective action (RCCA) when issues arise.
• Exhibit a DevOps orientation, with knowledge of various operating systems, software maintenance tools, and techniques.
• Show proficiency in Front-End Technologies Kotlin, SWIFT C, Back-End Development JAVA, and Graph QL.
• Understand the management of database systems and the differences and use-cases for SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrate proficiency in cloud platforms like Google Cloud or Azure. Have experience with agile methodologies and project management tools.
• Display strong leadership and team management skills, with excellent communication abilities.
• Showcase strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex software issues.
• Understand secure coding practices and have experience with tools for identifying security vulnerabilities.
• Familiarize yourself with data protection regulations and standards.
• Have experience in project planning, scheduling, tracking, and resource allocation.
• Contribute to current technology trends, DevOps & CI/CD Principles, and software development.
• Have experience with Open stack technologies, cloud technologies, Front-end & Back-end Technologies, and Microservices Architecture.
• Show proficiency in risk and cost analysis, understanding business objectives and requirements.
• Be familiar with functional and non-functional requirements, and scoping and estimation techniques.
• Manage production Software with 99.999 SLA Performance, Availability.
• The role required to build and manage this would typically be a Content Moderator Engine and Eco System

We are looking for a seasoned software engineering leader with proven skills in delivering large scale distributed systems, cloud native systems, with a track record of making business impact. The leader will play the Senior Director of Engineering role in Customer Experience team along with User Generated Content systems, Content Management System (CMS) in IDC.

The role includes spearheading an organization of Directors, senior managers, Distinguish and Principal Engineers leading teams of software engineers developing highly scalable and cutting-edge systems and solutions in a highly agile setup, with high quality standards and operational excellence, mentoring and actively shaping the organizational strategies and providing thought leadership.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor’s / Masters / PhD degree in Computer Science Engineering
• At least 21+yrs years of professional experience in roles focused on adding value through building Software solutions and products for complex, cross functional business problems
• Experience in constructing a product that includes moderation engines for all data provided by customers, such as ratings, images, reviews, videos, and seller responses.
• Proven experience as a Sr Director of Software Engineering or similar leadership role.
• Proficiency in cloud technologies, front-end & back-end technologies. - Knowledge of current technology trends, DevOps & CI/CD Principles, and Microservices Architecture.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex software issues. - Familiarity with secure coding practices and data protection regulations and standards. - Excellent project management, leadership, and communication skills. - Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns, with the ability to design and optimize for scalability and resilience.
• Strong skills in Engineering excellence and operational excellence
• Working knowledge of Generative AI and LLMs
• Proficiency in modern software engineering practices and core computer science concepts across algorithms, data structures and distributed computing
• Knowledge of data warehousing and data lake concepts, methodologies, and frameworks and their implications on data science solutions.
• Experience in managing the 100+ Software Developers
• Knowledge of software engineering practices including experimentation and testing methodologies.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms
• Entrepreneurial attitude and ability to drive change and navigate ambiguity when building new capabilities in an enterprise setting
• Good knowledge of agile methodologies and tools
• Passion for understanding business challenges and delivering against those challenges
• Previous roles with leading companies in the retail industry for customer experience are a plus
• Technical Knowledge & Skills
  • Must Have
    • Architecture Design on Cloud technologies
    • Front-end ( React, Kotlin, Swift, Node JS) & Back-end Technologies ( java, No Sql like Casssandra, SQL like Postgres)
    • Knowledge of current technology trends
    • DevOps & CI/CD Principals
    • Software Development Proficiency
    • Microservices Architecture

Additional Qualifications:

• Good experience of working with globally distributed teams in a collaborative and productive manner.
• Extensive experience in software development, preferably in a leadership role.
• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans for the software engineering department.
• Proven experience in managing, mentoring, and leading large teams of software engineers.
• Experience handling department budgets, including resource allocation and financial planning.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, clients, and other department heads. –
• Proficiency in managing multiple software development projects concurrently.
• Strong understanding of the business side of technology.
• Advanced knowledge of modern software development technologies and methodologies.
• Ability to drive innovation and implement new technologies and processes. - Familiarity with managing vendor and third-party service provider relationships.
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks associated with software development. - Experience overseeing quality assurance processes.
• Ability to guide team members' professional development and training.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to promote operational excellence within the team, with a focus on process improvement, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency.
• A strong commitment to engineering excellence, including maintaining up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging technologies, and promoting best practices within the team.

We are looking for an ideal candidate who is: -

• Curious: You stay up to date with the latest technology developments in the data science community, and are excited to enable high-impact outcomes in the face of complex problems and large datasets

• Bold and with a bias for action: You’re a doer, thriving on the challenges of delivering hardened and optimized models as part of production systems

• Pragmatic and focused on results: You like working in a fast-paced environment and making practical trade-offs to test, learn and deploy AI/ML solutions that have material impact on business

• Technically strong and high-performing individual with excellent communication skills, a proven analytical mindset, and customer focus.

• Good storyteller and able to articulate the intricacies of AI/ML to varying audience. In addition, industry knowledge of the retail space, with a keen interest in keeping up to date on the latest happenings in this space.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work
We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 9 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.



4 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

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.

Primary Location...

Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India