Walmart
Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Sunnyvale, CA
Walmart, Sunnyvale, California, United States, 94087
Lead the Future of Real-Time Decision Making
At Walmart, we’re building cutting-edge solutions to meet ever-evolving business needs, regulations, and the massive scale of one of the world’s largest retailers. As the
Engineering Manager , you’ll lead a talented team responsible for developing and scaling a powerful rules engine that manages millions of rules, enabling real-time decision-making for diverse business applications.
In this role, you’ll oversee the design and implementation of scalable backend systems using
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and SQL/NoSQL databases . You will ensure that our systems run at scale, delivering single-digit millisecond response times for site-facing traffic, while maintaining stability and optimizing performance. Your leadership will guide the team in deploying on cloud platforms like
Azure and GCP , improving code quality through testing, automation, and adopting
DevOps practices
to enhance operational efficiency.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a configurable "rules engine as a service" that supports critical business functions, provides actionable insights, and maintains low-latency, real-time decision-making. Your ability to balance technical execution with team mentorship will be key to driving innovation and ensuring that we continue to deliver industry-leading solutions.
About Team: Omni Availability
What you'll do:
Lead and Manage High-Performing Teams : Oversee a team of 10-12 engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to ensure the successful delivery of complex projects.
End-to-End Project Ownership : Take full accountability for the design, development, and delivery of scalable cloud-native applications, ensuring high performance, reliability, and alignment with business objectives.
Drive Engineering Excellence : Implement and enforce best practices around code quality, performance optimization, and operational efficiency, while managing non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as scalability, security, and reliability.
Architect and Scale Cloud Solutions : Design and build high-performing, distributed, event-driven systems using cloud platforms like Azure or GCP, ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable architectures.
Stakeholder and Program Management : Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define project goals, manage expectations, and ensure timely, on-budget delivery of solutions that meet business needs.
What you'll bring:
Leadership and Team Management : Proven ability to lead teams of 10-12 people, fostering a high-performance culture while taking ownership of end-to-end project delivery.
Technical Mastery in Cloud and Modern Frameworks : Extensive hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, React/Angular, and cloud platforms like Azure or GCP, ensuring the ability to architect and deliver scalable, high-performing solutions.
Engineering and Operational Excellence : Deep focus on code quality, performance tuning, and operational best practices, with the ability to handle non-functional requirements (NFRs) in complex distributed systems.
Cloud-Native Systems Experience : Strong background in building and running cloud-based distributed systems in production, with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures.
Stakeholder Management and Communication : Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to align stakeholders, manage expectations, and drive consensus on project objectives and outcomes.
About Walmart Global TechImagine 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 experts, 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.
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: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.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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...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.
Primary Location...680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of America
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At Walmart, we’re building cutting-edge solutions to meet ever-evolving business needs, regulations, and the massive scale of one of the world’s largest retailers. As the
Engineering Manager , you’ll lead a talented team responsible for developing and scaling a powerful rules engine that manages millions of rules, enabling real-time decision-making for diverse business applications.
In this role, you’ll oversee the design and implementation of scalable backend systems using
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and SQL/NoSQL databases . You will ensure that our systems run at scale, delivering single-digit millisecond response times for site-facing traffic, while maintaining stability and optimizing performance. Your leadership will guide the team in deploying on cloud platforms like
Azure and GCP , improving code quality through testing, automation, and adopting
DevOps practices
to enhance operational efficiency.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a configurable "rules engine as a service" that supports critical business functions, provides actionable insights, and maintains low-latency, real-time decision-making. Your ability to balance technical execution with team mentorship will be key to driving innovation and ensuring that we continue to deliver industry-leading solutions.
About Team: Omni Availability
What you'll do:
Lead and Manage High-Performing Teams : Oversee a team of 10-12 engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to ensure the successful delivery of complex projects.
End-to-End Project Ownership : Take full accountability for the design, development, and delivery of scalable cloud-native applications, ensuring high performance, reliability, and alignment with business objectives.
Drive Engineering Excellence : Implement and enforce best practices around code quality, performance optimization, and operational efficiency, while managing non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as scalability, security, and reliability.
Architect and Scale Cloud Solutions : Design and build high-performing, distributed, event-driven systems using cloud platforms like Azure or GCP, ensuring robust, scalable, and maintainable architectures.
Stakeholder and Program Management : Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define project goals, manage expectations, and ensure timely, on-budget delivery of solutions that meet business needs.
What you'll bring:
Leadership and Team Management : Proven ability to lead teams of 10-12 people, fostering a high-performance culture while taking ownership of end-to-end project delivery.
Technical Mastery in Cloud and Modern Frameworks : Extensive hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, React/Angular, and cloud platforms like Azure or GCP, ensuring the ability to architect and deliver scalable, high-performing solutions.
Engineering and Operational Excellence : Deep focus on code quality, performance tuning, and operational best practices, with the ability to handle non-functional requirements (NFRs) in complex distributed systems.
Cloud-Native Systems Experience : Strong background in building and running cloud-based distributed systems in production, with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures.
Stakeholder Management and Communication : Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to align stakeholders, manage expectations, and drive consensus on project objectives and outcomes.
About Walmart Global TechImagine 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 experts, 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.
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: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.
The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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...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.
Primary Location...680 West California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4834, United States of America
#J-18808-Ljbffr