Director, Software Engineering

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 that is primarily in office coupled with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity 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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS…

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, Software Engineering, or related area and6 years’ experience in Software Engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in Software Engineering or related area.
3 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 or related field and 5 years’ experience in Software Engineering

WHAT YOU’LL DO…

This role will drive Walmart’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap in one or multiple domains and help our teams achieve Engineering and Operational excellence. If you enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment and influencing the strategic direction of a large global organization, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity.
This is a critical technical leadership role that brings together your past engineering design experiences, thought leadership and your abilities to build bonds with developers, product managers and other engineering leaders to develop platforms and product that operate at Walmart-scale. You will architect, design, develop and lead by influence a world class group of engineers across the geographies that are bound by a common Walmart-wide theme of creating elegant solutions for the complex problems and enable customers to save more and live better - every single day.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As Director of Engineering for the OMS team, you will be managing a team of 25+ engineers over time. The role entails the following responsibilities:

• Technically lead and mentor a high-performance engineering team, engineering managers and provide strategic direction and guidance to ensure delivery of high-quality products
• Build and manage relations with the business partners and understand their business requirements. Closely work with the Product Management, Architects, and cross-functional teams
• Work with stakeholders to define the future roadmap of the products, adopt latest technology innovation wherever necessary
• Build tools and automation to prevent re-occurrence of problems to mission-critical products and services and engender reliability and availability, starting with metrics and measurements
• Define engineering practices, product development patterns and drive products development to scale to Walmart requirements.
• Follow agile methodologies and program practices in product development lifecycle and focus on team productivity improvements using right tools and processes.
• Hire talent, mentor and grow the team.
• Proactively monitor, identify and resolve supply chain issues.