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Walmart

(USA) Director, Software Engineering - Commerce Technologies

Hoboken, NJ

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart Commerce Technologies' mission is to enable businesses worldwide to better serve their customers with technologies and SaaS solutions powered by Walmart. Our team was established in 2022 and we are transforming scaled Walmart technologies into white-label offerings for other retailers and sellers. We've launched Store Assist, an out-of-the box, mobile-first store fulfillment application and are accelerating our pipeline of future products.

As a Director of Engineering on the Walmart Commerce Technologies team you will build and lead an engineering team that owns a strategic pillar for a new business at Walmart. You will have the unique opportunity to commercialize mature enterprise systems and enable them for a whole industry of retailers. You will launch and scale these new SaaS products and ensure operational and engineering excellence.

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As a seasoned leader you will have a great deal of autonomy to drive our ways of working and shape the culture of our org! This is a huge opportunity for career growth!

What you'll do:

  • Lead a team responsible for a suite of SaaS products in our omni-channel commerce pillar.
  • Drive strategic technical decisions to transform our current home-grown technologies into world-class SaaS products.
  • Establish durable ways of working with product peers and other internal engineering teams to commercialize our current systems.
  • Build and coach a team of managers and senior ICs and align their strengths to outcomes.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and operational excellence.

What you'll bring:

  • 3+ years of experience managing other engineering managers and 6+ years as an engineer
  • Background in retail-tech, SaaS, or building multi-tenant platforms or services.
  • Experience architecting technical strategies for platform products that can serve many customers.
  • Experience in building and leading lean engineering teams.
  • Ability to clearly articulate a technical vision and energize engineers towards outcomes.
  • Experience working with large scale systems and cloud native systems.

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 incentive 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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .

The annual salary range for this position is $156,000.00-$312,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)

- Stock equity incentives

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 and6 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Option 2: 8 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

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, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years' experience in software engineering or related area

Primary Location...
121 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5989, United States of America

Client-provided location(s): Hoboken, NJ, USA
Job ID: Walmart-8261_R-1753764
Employment Type: Full Time