(IND) DIRECTOR, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the team:
Data Ventures exists to unlock the full value of Walmart’s data by developing and productizing B2B data initiatives that empower merchants and suppliers to make better, faster decisions for the business. As part of this transformation, we’re seeking entrepreneurial individuals to help drive data productization from concept to deployment.

What You'll Do:

• Influence, coach, and be a servant leader to multiple integration teams focused on transformative products within our People Technology space

• Builds strong and trusting relationships with the business stakeholders with more engagement, collaboration, and facetime beyond the 4ITB meetings

• Provide guidance in applying the right architectural pattern for the modernization of the applications by analyzing the gaps between existing architecture and new business requirements

• Drive automation using more adoption and maturity on the CI/CD stage gates for the applications

• Drive implementation of telemetry features based on the domain requirements to improve the overall operational excellence of the application

• Knowledge of Software architecture, Distributed systems, Scalability, Design patterns, Disaster Recovery

• Technical leadership in building a complex microservices based platform or product that are highly reliable, and scalable

• Drive technical impact analysis, conduct RCAs with corrective actions for both short & long term fixes and prevent them from re-occurring

• Operating with excellence – Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others

• Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security

• Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent

• Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy

What You'll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 15+ years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

• Technical Proficiency in one or more of the web languages such as Java, Python, React Native, Node JS, React JS, GraphQL 

• Expertise in Data Engineering and Data Science/ML/AI is an added plus

• Deep working knowledge of all aspects of Cloud native distributed system development: Azure/ GCP/ WCNP preferred

• Experience working with micro-services architecture and distributed systems.

• Experience managing software development engineers, leaders, architects and leading engineering projects, guiding engineering teams on engineering excellence & solid system design

• Experience partnering with cross-functional project development and in collaborating with other scrum teams, QA, Release Management, Program Management, and TechOps

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.

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