(USA) Director, Software Engineering

Walmart

5 - 10 years

California

Posted: 13/06/2026

Job Description

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the Team

The Spark Driver Experience team powers the technology ecosystem supporting Walmart’s gig delivery workforce across the United States. The organization owns the end-to-end driver experience, including onboarding, offer discovery and acceptance, trip execution, earnings, communications, safety, and support experiences.

The platform supports hundreds of thousands of active drivers and serves as a foundational component of Walmart’s rapidly growing Last Mile Delivery ecosystem spanning grocery, general merchandise, and same-day delivery.

In addition to the driver-facing mobile applications, the team owns and operates highly scalable backend services and real-time distributed platforms powering offer orchestration, trip management, driver engagement, notifications, earnings computation, and operational workflows at enterprise scale.

This role sits at the intersection of mobile engineering, distributed systems, AI-driven experiences, platform reliability, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

As Director of Engineering, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building and scaling the technology platforms powering Walmart’s Spark Driver ecosystem and Last Mile Delivery experiences.

You will:

Define and drive the long-term engineering vision, technical strategy, and platform roadmap for Spark Driver experiences and supporting backend systems

Lead highly scalable mobile and backend engineering organizations responsible for critical real-time delivery and logistics workflows

Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Operations, Trust & Safety, Finance, and Business teams to deliver seamless and intelligent driver experiences

Drive engineering excellence across architecture, observability, resiliency, operational readiness, testing automation, incident management, and platform governance

Lead platform modernization initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, developer productivity, and operational efficiency

Embed AI-driven capabilities, intelligent automation, and conversational experiences into driver support, operational tooling, and delivery workflows

Build and scale resilient distributed systems supporting high-volume offer orchestration, trip execution, earnings transparency, and real-time communications

Ensure platform integrity, financial accuracy, security, and compliance across driver payments, incentives, and operational systems

Drive operational excellence initiatives across telemetry, distributed tracing, reliability engineering, alerting, and production support processes

Support the expansion of Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery platform into new business models, geographies, and growth initiatives

Hire, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering leaders and teams while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, inclusion, and customer obsession

Influence cross-functional technology strategy and help shape the future of Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery ecosystem

What You’ll Bring

18+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience leading large-scale engineering organizations and distributed teams

Proven experience building and scaling consumer-facing mobile platforms and large-scale backend distributed systems

Strong technical depth across mobile technologies, cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and real-time platforms

Experience leading engineering organizations operating at enterprise scale with high availability, operational rigor, and performance expectations

Demonstrated success driving platform reliability, observability, resiliency, and operational excellence initiatives

Experience leading modernization and platform transformation efforts in rapidly evolving environments

Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence business, product, and technology stakeholders

Experience managing managers and senior engineering leaders while building high-performing engineering cultures

Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution excellence in fast-paced and highly complex environments

Experience with AI/ML-driven platforms, conversational AI, intelligent automation, or agentic systems is a strong plus

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building platforms supporting logistics, mobility, gig economy, or marketplace ecosystems

Experience operating high-scale real-time platforms supporting millions of customer or driver interactions

Familiarity with AI-powered support systems, recommendation systems, or intelligent operational tooling

Experience driving engineering excellence initiatives across CI/CD, testing automation, reliability engineering, and observability platforms

Strong understanding of platform governance, security, compliance, and operational risk management

Why Join Us

Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery organization is transforming how millions of customers receive their orders while building one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated gig delivery ecosystems.

This role offers the opportunity to:

Lead business-critical platforms operating at massive scale

Shape the future of delivery and driver experiences

Drive AI-powered innovation across logistics, mobility, and operational workflows

Build highly scalable real-time systems solving complex operational challenges

Influence the next generation of Walmart’s Last Mile technology strategy

Work alongside world-class engineering, product, and business leaders solving problems at global scale

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00 - $338,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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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 and 6 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

Primary Location...

1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

About Company

Walmart is a multinational retail corporation and one of the world's largest companies by revenue. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores. Known for its "everyday low prices" strategy, Walmart serves millions of customers globally through its physical stores and e-commerce platforms. The company is a leader in retail innovation, supply chain management, and sustainability initiatives, offering a wide range of products including groceries, electronics, apparel, and more.