DIRECTOR, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

About the Team: 

Sams Supply Chain & Replenishment Engineering team owns development and roll out of new features that drive productivity and efficiency of Sams supply chain giving best-in-class fulfillment experience for Sams members and deliver value to Sams shareholders by lowering cost to serve and positively impacting overall operating margins.  We are a geographically distributed team across US and IDC Bangalore in India. We are focused on building highly scalable, data driven systems in the areas of demand planning, inventory management, sourcing, purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and order fulfillment for all Sams US. 

The Director will be based out of IDC Bangalore office and will be responsible for delivering solutions for easy of delivery and cross border trade systems. The leader will closely work with the US counterparts in Engineering, Product and Business areas. 

What you'll do: 

You will work with multiple stakeholders in US & IDC to build , leverage and customise Enterprise platform services & Sams specific products. Your role needs strong technical and influencing skills to create growth opportunities, negotiate priorities, and drive business outcomes. 

• Lead the delivery of certain Replenishment & Club Supply Chain products at IDC location. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in IDC and the US to define and execute the product roadmap. 

• Expertise in Agile and EE/OE practices and driving platform thinking. 

• Manage and mentor team members, providing guidance and support to achieve their full potential. 

• Foster a culture of innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement. 

• Collaborate with other departments, including product management, design to ensure alignment and achieve business goals. 

• Manage timelines, and resource allocation to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of projects. 

• Focus on innovative engineering practices with GenAI and Agentic AI and support Sams overall vision of “Do more and More Faster” 

• Stay up to date with the latest Supply Chain and Tech Trends, and ensure the team is constantly upskilled in these areas. 

• Act as a thought leader for engineering within the organization and in the broader technical community. 

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, including accessibility and performance standards. 

What you’ll bring: 

• Strong technical skills in software development, with proven experience in building large scale distributed cloud native systems with global teams. 

• Strong customer focus and drive speed with quality. 

• Experience in leading and managing teams of managers, experienced ICs, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products on time and on budget. 

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve their full potential. 

• Familiarity with accessibility standards and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. 

• Experience managing budgets, timelines, and resource allocation. 

• Ability to stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, and to apply that knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement. 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an ability to approach problems logically and systematically. 

• Technical Knowledge & Skills 

• Architecture Design on Open stack technologies 

• Cloud technologies 

• Front-end & Back-end Technologies 

• Knowledge of current technology trends 

• DevOps & CI/CD Principals 

• Software Development Proficiency 

• Microservices Architecture 

• GenAI and Agentic AI Awareness 

Additional Comments 

Minimum Qualifications (Manager's Ideal Candidate Must-Haves (skills required)) 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field and minimum 15 - 20 years’ experience in software engineering Or master’s degree in computer science or related field and 10 - 15 years of work experience 

• Minimum 8 - 10 years of people manager experience (including managing leaders) in driving and retaining a high-performance team. 

• Minimum 8 -10  years of experience building highly scalable, high performance, responsive software Applications. 

• Highly technical hands-on and an effective people leader 

• Proven industry experience with large scale distributed systems 

• Attitude to thrive in a fun, fast-paced start-up like environment. 

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills 

• Has ambition and vigor to add value to a rapidly growing development team 

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.