Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Forecasting

Position Summary...

What You'Ll Do...

Walmart’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of seven exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart. As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart. 

Are you passionate about leading high-impact software projects in the fast-evolving world of finance forecasting? As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at Walmart, you’ll drive the planning, design, and delivery of innovative forecasting solutions that reach millions of customers. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of walmart at scale, working with cutting-edge technologies and a talented team.

About Team:
Our team is focused on developing a streamlined, dependable company that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and Associate Digital Experience (ADE). We also provide a variety of services such as procurement, supplier portfolio management, merchandising master data, and analytics. From developing HR chatbots and virtual assistants to creating invoice solutions and facilitating legal changes, we help drive efficiency across Walmart globally.

What you'll do:

• Manage a high performing team of 10-15 engineers who work across multiple technology stacks including OpenStack development 
• Drive design, development, implementation and documentation 
• Establish best engineering and operational excellence practices based on product, engineering and scrum metrics 
• Interact with Walmart engineering teams across geographies to leverage expertise and contribute to the tech community. 
• Engage with Product and Business stakeholders to drive the agenda, set the priorities and deliver scalable and resilient products. 
• Work closely with the Architects and cross functional teams and follow established practices for the delivery of solutions meeting QCD (Quality, Cost & Delivery) within the established architectural guidelines. 
• Work with senior leadership to chart out the future roadmap of the products 
• Participate in hiring, mentoring and building high performing agile teams. 
• Participating in organizational events like hackathons, demo days etc. and be the catalyst towards the success of those events 
• Interact closely for requirements with Business owners and technical teams both within USA and across the globe. 
• Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation
• Ensure system reliability, availability, and performance across development and production environments.
• Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement in production operations.
• Implement effective observability strategies using monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
• Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnerships

What You'Ll Bring:

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or related field, with minimum 12+ years of experience in software development and at least 5+ years of experience in managing engineering teams. 
• Have prior experience in managing high performing agile technology teams.  
• Hands on experience building Java-Python based backend systems and React front end is a must, and experience of working in cloud based solutions is desirable  
• A good understanding of CS Fundamentals, Microservices, Data Structures, Algorithms & Problem Solving  
• Should have exposed to CI/CD development environments/tools including, but not limited to, Git, Maven, Jenkins.  
• Strong in writing modular and testable code and test cases (unit, functional and integration) using frameworks like JUnit
• Should be experienced in microservices architecture. Possesses good understanding of distributed concepts, common design principles, design patterns and cloud native development concepts.  
• Hands-on experience in concurrency, garbage collection, RESTful services, data caching services and performance improvements tools  
• Experience in working with SQL Databases like Azure SQL.  
• Experience File Shares like Azure File Share
• Experience in working with Caching technology like Redis, Mem cache or other related Systems.  
• Good knowledge in Pub sub system like Kafka.  
• Experience utilizing monitoring and alert tools like Prometheus, Splunk, and other related systems and excellent in debugging and troubleshooting issues.  
• Exposure to Containerization tools like Docker, Helm, Kubernetes.  
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms like Azure, GCP etc. will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery principles and building resilient, fault-tolerant 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.

Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed.  We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.  
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey. 

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 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 bonus 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.

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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.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.

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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.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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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...

805 Se Moberly Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.