Senior Director, Software Engineering - Agent Builder

Position Summary

Defines and leads the enterprise Agent Builder function - establishing the operating model, quality standards, and portfolio strategy for how Walmart designs, deploys, and scales production-grade autonomous agents. Leads Distinguished, Principal/Staff Builders, and Senior Agent Builders. Engages directly with EVP-level stakeholders.

What You'll Do

Enterprise Function Strategy & Operating Model

• Define and own the enterprise Agent Builder strategy - vision, operating model, intake criteria, and quality standards.
• Determine organizational structure: when to embed builders within BUs vs. centralized delivery.
• Build governance framework for autonomous agent deployment in partnership with AI Governance & Trust.
• Champion the "biz/tech" model across Global Tech and business leadership.
• Set strategic direction for agentic tooling and platform adoption across the enterprise.

Portfolio Ownership & Business Outcomes

• Own the enterprise agent portfolio, ensuring every program delivers measurable business outcomes.
• Engage directly with EVP-level business partners to identify high-value automation opportunities.
• Own portfolio-level outcome reporting to senior leadership.
• Triage and prioritize incoming automation requests for maximum force-multiplier impact.
• Establish portfolio-level KPIs and dashboards tracking aggregate business impact.

Agentic Program Design & Technical Oversight

• Provide technical and strategic guidance across the portfolio - reviewing architectures, flagging risks.
• Lead design reviews for complex multi-agent programs.
• Ensure human-in-the-loop design, monitoring, and rollback capability.
• Drive adoption of shared Agent Builder patterns, reusable components, and tooling standards.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Hire, develop, and lead Distinguished Agent Builders, Principal/Staff Agent Builders, and Senior Agent Builders.
• Build high-performance culture rooted in ownership, speed, and measurable impact.
• Define team structure, capacity planning, and talent development strategy.
• Create clear career progression paths for both IC and People Leader tracks.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree + 10 yrs in business ops, strategy, product, tech, or AI/automation.

Pay and benefits

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.

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 $160,000.00 - $320,000.00

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 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• Option 2: 9 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
• 4 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 5 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

703 Associate Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America