Director, Software Engineering

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Director – Software Engineering – Capacity Utilization

About the Team

We help people around the world save money and live better -- anytime and anywhere -- in retail stores, online and through their mobile devices. Each week, more than 230+ million customer transactions processed at our 11500+ stores under 69 banners in 27 countries and e-commerce websites in 10 countries. With last fiscal year revenues of approximately $560 billion and 2.3 million Associates worldwide, Walmart is simply the largest retail business in the world.

At Walmart, we are innovating and growing to meet the opportunity of the future – serving customers seamlessly across online, mobile and stores. We provide technology to power shopping journeys that help hundreds of millions of customers live better whether it is busy families getting groceries easily, new parents welcoming a new baby, or anyone planning a fun party.

We strive to create the best and reliable shopping experience anywhere anytime, meeting customers' evolving needs and expectations.

The Infrastructure Services is a part of the larger Global Technology Platforms horizontal which is responsible for Design. Build, Deploy & Run for the Infrastructure Products and Services that enables the largest 24/7 e-commerce and physical stores landscape in the world.

Our engineers take great pride in their ownership of the Cloud Infrastructure & Networks along with the heterogenous EDGE environments and the Storage/Backup infrastructure which operates at high degree of efficiency to optimize the cost of service.

Our high performing Infrastructure Services Team offers the ability to proactively detect and repair products & services from failures, thus offering the best experience to our Customers, Merchants & Associates worldwide.

You’ll Sweep us off our feet if…
 

• You are focused on delivering Infrastructure capacity utilization Products & Services that enables our technology teams make best use of the infrastructure designated for their workloads supporting our Omni channel Customer Experience.
• You are focused on cost efficiency without impacting the online capabilities health and resiliency.
• You are focused on Continuous Improvement mindset.
• You are responsible for covering the Operational & Engineering aspects to all business segments and the diverse channels for Online & Apps across US, International markets & Enterprise Services.
• You have the availability commitment of our websites across markets is 99.95% for e-commerce and this role will have significant contribution to meet and beat the set target.
   

You’ll make an impact by:
 

• Driving an improvement of our capacity utilization efficiency across the board through observability capabilities, tools and processes your team will Gather, analyze, design, build and push for adoption.

• Developing and enhancing tools that allow us to accelerate what we are doing and build a platform that is sustainable with growth. 

• Influencing vision and strategies that increase our level of automation for service delivery, and operations at an extremely distributed scale. 

• Building a team environment by partnering to solve problems and staying focused till there is a solution

• Building collaborative relationships with key partners by driving priorities aligned to value streams, influencing, and prioritizing product roadmaps, and gaining buy-in from executive leadership

• Providing overall direction by analyzing organizational objectives and needs.

• Plan and allocate resources within defined budgets.

• Coordinate the plans and activities of the organization with senior leaders inside and outside the department.

• Apply technical and process expertise to address challenging technical and business issues.

• Collaborate effectively with various functions such as Product, Design, Business, Operations, and other Engineering teams to gain commitments on improvement/remediation initiatives

• Be a multiplier: Build a high performing team with strong engineering-driven culture that promotes diversity, innovation, and creative problem solving 

• Possess a global mindset and develop a positive healthy environment while working internationally across cultures

• Actively lead and be engaged in technical discussions, project execution and incident management to ensure that we meet or beat the stated Availability goals

• Develop a deep understanding of the various Infrastructure Products & Services that come together to deliver Walmart e-commerce and stores products.

• You would provide leadership and mentoring to a highly skilled team on technical and critical functions within Walmart

• Actively participate in defining and refining the scope of Business Continuity & DR testing

Qualification:
 

• A recognized Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Engineering with 15+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering & Operations.
• 10+ years of experience in managing, leading, and developing technical teams
• 5+ Experience as SW development manager
• Experience in Data Analytics and ML
• Extensive experience in cloud environments
• Ability to review & guide Technical Program executions or delivery of large infrastructure initiatives
• Experience investigating, analyzing and troubleshooting large scale enterprise systems.

Benefits & Perks: 

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 

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. 

Who We Are?

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com

Minimum Qualifications...

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

As permitted by applicable law, provide evidence of full vaccination as defined by CDC guidelines OR secure approval of medical or religious accommodation for the vaccination mandate., Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related field OR 8 years’ experience in software
engineering or related field.
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...

221 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030, United States of America