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Walmart Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Walmart Plus in Sunnyvale, California
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
As the Engineering Manager of the Walmart Plus Platform Team in Walmart Global Tech, you'll build industry defining reusable customer and partner facing services and products to enable differentiated membership experiences and revenue streams. As a member of this organization, you will be in the unique position to manage a team of experienced professionals serving millions of Walmart Customers and associates alike. If you feel a personal stake in everything that you work on, enjoys solving complex problems, have a passion for privacy and data quality, know how to foster strong relationships and build trust, and works for the success of the entire team, this role is right for you.
About Team:
Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.
What you'll do:
A successful person in this role will build and own a highly available and scalable global membership platform, serving millions of customer with highly reliability access to membership specific benefits. You will assure that we provide high quality data to customer analytics and business partners and stay compliant with data regulations SOX requirements, drive alignment with partner teams, guide architecture and design within the team and influence it outside.
As a manager of the W+ Platform team:
You will lead and participate in medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wireframes); writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; collaborating with the project team and cross-functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team.
As a technical leader you will drive the technical vision and strategy to design, build and maintain REST API services using technologies such as Java, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat and cloud based data stores. You will stay current with cutting-edge technologies and best practices in cloud based system development
As people leader you will manage a team of highly skilled engineers. Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. Facilitate team meetings, code reviews, and knowledge sharing sessions for groups of seven to ten engineers, including offshore associates. For assigned Engineering projects you will provide pertinent documents, direction, and examples; identifying short- and long- term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.
As a business leader you collaborate with business partners to identify opportunities; address high-priority initiatives (for example a business strategy, technical feasibility, implementation alternatives); identifying short- and long-term solutions; and foster cross-functional partnership to achieve our busin ess goals.
Lead your team through the discovery phase of all projects in your portfolio, to come up with high-level design and estimates, partnering with the product and program management, business and user experience teams; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas.
Ensure business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.
Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals
Monitor project progress, manage risks, and ensure high standards of quality.Drive decision making across Privacy, Product, Business, and Engineering teams to deliver projects in time and budget Monitor project progress, manage risks, and ensure high standards of quality.
Identify opportunities at the engineering and product side and influence leaders and engineers to solve high impact problems in the most efficient way
What you'll bring:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.
8+ years of experience in software development, building micro services and distributed systems.
5+ years of JAVA platform experience. Strong knowledge and experience in GraphQL, gRPC, Distributed Cache and Persistence DB. Experience iMS Azure and Cosmos DBs, Kafka
Experience managing software development engineers and lead engineering projects as a technical lead or a manager
Experience in 360° people management, growing & grooming teams and to ensure the happiness and productivity of the team's software engineers.
Experience in coordinating, creation and completion of technical design and discussions that help drive technical architecture. Experience with risk management (technical, product, personnel)
Experience in partnering with cross-functional project development and in collaborating with other scrum teams, QA, Release Management, Program Management, and TechOps.
Experience providing guidance and influence in other areas of the Engineering (e.g. DevOps and Test Engineering).
Experience participating and managing Engineering and Technical Operations workgroups and on-call rotations to assure service availability and operational excellence
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.
Benefits:
Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, 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.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
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 .
Bellevue, Washington US-11075:The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00-$264,000.00
Sunnyvale, California US-04396:The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
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 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area. Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
2 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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location...
840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America
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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.