Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Position Summary:About the Team: Walmart is transforming to a digital company and investing in high margin Advertising business. Walmart Connect is building a robust in-house Advertising business that’s key to Walmart’s growth strategy. As a part of Walmart Connect, you’ll build an industry-defining omni-channel platform at scale that enables Walmart suppliers to reach shoppers with relevant ads and high performing campaigns while helping shoppers discover products to enhance their shopping journey. If you are motivated by complex, purposeful challenges, this role in Advertising Technology could be the right fit for you.What you’ll do:Walmart Global Technology is hiring a Senior Manager Software Engineering with a successful record of leading large scale, complex, cross-functional software engineering projects. As part of Global E-Commerce Team supporting Advertising Products, you will be responsible for the hands-on leading and directing of end-to-end project initiatives and teams in tactical and strategic capacities. You will join a very high-performing team seeking those challenging us to become even better. You will have the opportunity to contribute significant impact by solving problems at a scale available to only a few organizations in the world.You’ll make an impact by:Supporting business objectives by collaborating with business and product management partners to identify opportunities and drive resolution; partnering with business and product management to define priorities; identifying short and long-term solutions; and leading cross-functional partnership.Leading and participating in large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; directing and reviewing design artifacts; overseeing software design; writing and developing code; reviewing unit test cases; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders; directing project team and cross functional teams; enhancing design to prevent reoccurrences of defects; ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team.Lead the work of cross-functional groups of ten to twenty engineers, including offshore associates, for assigned Engineering projects by providing pertinent documents, direction, and examples; identifying short- and long-term solutions and timeline; reviewing and approving proposed solutions; implementing new architectural patterns; and performing design and code reviews of changes.Direct root cause analysis of critical business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information; directing actions as designated in the plan; interpreting the results to determine further action; directing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues; and reviewing and approving online documentation.Leading the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design by partnering with the Product Management, Project Management, Business and User Experience teams, Operations; obtaining cross-function approvals; driving proof-of-concept; and implementing prototypes to validate ideas.Driving the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance; accordingly developing contingency plans; demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.Providing supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; ensuring diversity awareness.Promoting and supporting company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open-Door Policy.Ensuring business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.You will sweep us off our feet if you:Live our Values Culture Champion Model Walmart values to foster our culture; hold oneself and others accountable; support Walmart commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, sustainability; maintain and promote the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance.Act as an altruistic servant leader-consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.Demonstrate curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibit resilience in the face of setbacks.Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.Deliver expected business results while putting customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans and initiatives.Adopt a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies.Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs.Build strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; work collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; communicate with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.Create a discipline and focus around developing talent; build the talent pipeline; foster an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empower associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; and regularly recognize others’ contributions and accomplishments.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in CS or related field and 10+ years industry experience, or Master’s degree in CS or related field and 8+ years industry experience.2+ years of experience in people management.Experience leading back-end, and data engineers, quality assurance, dev-ops, and other technical resources.Strong track record of delivering large, cross functional projects.6+ years of experience in building and managing large scale distributed, scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems.6+ years of hands-on experience in Java or another object-oriented language, Spring, No SQL, Kafka.Experience in multi-cloud production environment deployment and maintenance.Exposure to data science and machine learning techniques.Strong communication and leadership skills.Exceptional analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills.Strong organization and time management skills.Mandatory AdTech experience.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 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. 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:

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.Primary Location:

840 W California Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America

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