Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Position Summary

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of 15,000+ software engineers, and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service, or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.

What you'll do

• Partner with cross-functional team members to develop and maintain a well-defined roadmap, balancing product velocity with technological excellence
• Lead technical direction, architecture, and system design across backend microservices and applied AI initiatives, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and model evaluation harnesses.
• Drive operational practices in training, development, engineering standards, and delivery efficiencies across multiple feature teams.
• Diagnose and resolve systemic technical and organizational obstacles that prevent your team from delivering resilient, high-quality software.
• Build a culture of continuous learning, growth, experimentation, and sharing of technological insights.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop world-class engineers, fostering career growth and technical mastery.

What you'll bring

• 4+ years of engineering management experience leading backend and platform teams.
• 8+ years of software development experience building large-scale microservices, distributed systems, and scalable platforms to support complex enterprise solutions.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying AI-native applications, including architectural familiarity with RAG systems, evaluation harnesses, or RL frameworks.
• Proficiency in Java/Go, NoSQL databases, distributed streaming, Cloud infrastructure, and modern backend development ecosystems.
• Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of learning, psychological safety, respect for differences, and high-trust collaboration across all engineering levels.
• Strong system design sensibility, analytical problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
• Uncompromising belief in the value of writing clean, testable, performant, and maintainable code.

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.

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

815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of America