Director, Software Engineering at Walmart in Reston, Virginia

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What you'll do...

Director Software Engineering

The In Store Omni Services team builds services and applications to provide Walmart customers with best in-class experiences throughout Walmart stores and online. We are starting some exciting ventures as we expand our Financial services in various ways to engage and provide capabilities to our customers. We are seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead the evolution of the fintech journey.

The Director, Financial Services is responsible for leading the execution of our vision for Fintech solutions as we integrate with solution providers to create experiences on web and mobile app to support banking, credit, lending and B2b capabilities. Responsible for running our business on the ground and helping build the foundation of the platform supporting these capabilities; which involves huge cross functional collaboration across product, marketing, finance, strategic sourcing, Omni Ops, legal, compliance and customer support; in order to build and manage the necessary strategies, tools, processes and flows that will bring our strategy to fruition.

This role will drive Walmart's technology vision, strategy, and roadmap in one or multiple domains and help our teams achieve Engineering and Operational excellence. If you enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment and influencing the strategic direction of a large global organization, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity

This is a critical technical leadership role that brings together your past engineering design experiences, thought leadership and your abilities to build bonds with developers, product managers and other engineering leaders to develop platforms and product that operate at Walmart-scale. You will architect, design, develop and lead by influence a world class group of engineers across the geographies that are bound by a common Walmart-wide theme of creating elegant solutions for the complex problems and enable customers to save more and live better - every single day.

What You Will Do

As Director of Engineering for the Financial Services team, you will be managing a team of 40+ engineers over time. The role entails the following responsibilities:

• Technically lead and mentor a high-performance engineering team, engineering managers and provide strategic direction and guidance to ensure delivery of high-quality products


• Build and manage relations with the business partners and understand their business requirements. Closely work with the Product Management, Architects, and cross-functional teams


• Work with stakeholders to define the future roadmap of the products, adopt latest technology innovation wherever necessary


• Build tools and automation to prevent re-occurrence of problems to mission-critical products and services and engender reliability and availability, starting with metrics and measurements


• Define engineering practices, product development patterns and drive products development to scale to Walmart requirements.


• Follow agile methodologies and program practices in product development lifecycle and focus on team productivity improvements using right tools and processes.


• Hire talent, mentor and grow the team.


• Proactively monitor, identify and resolve customer issues.

What You Will Bring

• Domain expertise in native mobile and web development


• Strong engineering leadership expertise in medium to large size company.


• Proven experience in hiring and mentoring world-class engineering teams.


• Leading largescale systems in fast-paced environments,


• Expertise in multiple distributed technologies (e.g. Swift, Kotlin iOS, Android, Java, etc.)


• Experience in one or more public cloud technologies like GCP, Azure, etc.


• Experience in working in large teams using CI/CD and agile methodologies.


• Excellent communication skills.


• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 12+ years of industry experience.

You'll make an impact by:

• Providing thought leadership and defining technology strategies


• Being an admired subject matter expert in one or multiple technology areas


• Directing and reviewing architectural artifacts (for example, proof of concepts, prototypes, architectural design) and providing valuable recommendations for improvements


• Advising or conducting POCs to vet out new technologies


• Driving for Architecture, Engineering, and Technology excellence


• Big-picture and strategic thinking


• Prioritizing, focusing, and delivering tangible results


• Delivering with agility, urgency, and quality


• Building trust and credibility quickly with Sr. Leadership and stakeholders


• Being a self-starter, with a positive and Can-Do Spirit


• Being bold and taking calculated risks

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 duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

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

About Global Tech

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, data scientists 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.

We're virtual

Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We'll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.

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...
10790 PARKRIDGE DR. SUITE 200, RESTON, VA 20191, United States of America Apply Now