Senior Manager, Software Engineering – APEX

Position Summary...What you'll do...

Join Walmart as Senior Manager, Software Engineering – APEX in our Global Technology EBS team.  Your work could help over 240 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 belonging, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

About the Team

As a part of Walmart Enterprise Business Services, you will build industry defining reusable customer and partner facing services and products to drive differentiated experiences and revenue. As a leader in the Digital Transformation space, you will be in the unique position to service both our customers/ and our associates in all business segments of Walmart.

If you are the type of person who has a strong sense of ownership in what they work on, has an agile mindset, a passion for full stack tech, enjoys solving complex problems, tinkers with the latest technology, fosters strong relationships to build trust, and works for the success of the entire team - then our Senior Manager – Software Engineering role, could be for you. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering, has broad expertise in front end and back-end technologies, has experience developing or leading full stack engineering teams, and has experience working across large enterprise engineering and infrastructure teams to deploy enterprise grade solutions that drive disruptive digital transformation. 

About the Role

• Leads and directs in large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project requirements; translating requirements into technical solutions; directing and reviewing design artifacts (for example, proof of concepts, prototypes); writing and developing code as needed; overseeing software design; interacting with project manager to provide input on project plan; and providing leadership to the project team.

• Leads 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

• Directs root cause analysis of critical business and production issues by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause)

• Supports business objectives by collaborating with business partners to identify opportunities and drive resolution; partnering with business to define priorities

• Leads the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level design by partnering with the Product Management, Business and User Experience teams

• Partners with Engineering, Infrastructure, Infosec and Operations teams to create enterprise solutions that are reliable, scalable, and secure.

• Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs

• Ensure business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders

• Provides and supports the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders

• Defines vision and strategies for the engineering team, develops and manages budget in area of responsibility; manages contractor, vendor, and supplier onboarding processes.

• Provides 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; and ensuring diversity awareness.

What You Will Bring

• A constant desire to improve, learn more and take things to the next level and a passion for adopting the latest industry best practices.

• Superior analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude.

• Must have 2+ years of experience leading teams and people in a technical capacity

• Experience with agile frameworks and facilitating ceremonies

• Strong in competencies around planning, communication, and stakeholder management 

• CI/CD experience including automated Testing experience with mindset to build self-testing code

• Promotes a disciplined approach to development, code review, testing, documentation, and code structure in a team environment.

• Experience with project build with CICD pipelines through Jenkins, understanding of deterministic functional testing, End to End automation.

• 10+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, across front-end & back-end stacks.

• Strong design and architecture experience 

• Experience with messaging – Kafka and MQ

• Cloud experience and experience building microservices, cloud-native applications. Kubernetes

• Experience with large scale high availability applications

• Building Resiliency

• Monitoring

• Performance and Instrumentation

We'd Love to See

• Experience with 4-in-the-box product leadership

• Experience with GraphQL/Apollo and graph federation

• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana.

• Cloud experience: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, micro-services architectures (REST), event-based architecture (JMS, Kafka, Active MQ, MQTT etc), stream technologies (Storm, Spark, etc)

• Databases experience: relational (SQL Server, MySQL), NoSQL document storage (Azure Cosmos, Mongo, Cassandra, etc.)

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

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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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- Stock

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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.

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