Position Summary...We are looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead the development and expansion of Transactions team, specifically for Cart and Checkout at Walmart eCommerce. This role requires a technical leader who can build and mentor a high-performing engineering team, drive technical strategy, and execute business objectives efficiently. If you have deep expertise in cloud-native platforms, scalable architectures, and modern development practices, this is an excellent opportunity to make a large-scale impact.What you'll do...
About Team:
This opportunity is to lead and manage Walmart US Checkout Service, comprising of 8 highly skilled Backend Java engineers. This is a Tier-0 service part of the Transactional journey in the Customer Experience org.
What You'll Do
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead and mentor a team of 10-12 software engineers to drive innovation and excellence.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
- Define performance expectations, provide coaching, and conduct regular evaluations.
Technical Strategy & Execution
- Define and own the end-to-end technical roadmap for the Ratings & Reviews system.
- Work with cloud-native technologies (Azure, GCP) and modern frameworks including Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Cassandra, BigQuery, Elasticsearch, Apache Spark, REST APIs, Python, Node.js, Rust, and Golang.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Product, Business, Program, and Engineering in both the U.S. and India.
- Ensure operational excellence through robust monitoring, automation, and incident management.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Drive developer productivity improvements and optimize support metrics (MTTD, MTTR, SLAs).
- Implement best practices for scalability, security, and resilience in cloud-native applications.
- Proactively address production issues, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Advocate for automation to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.
What You Bring
Required Skills & Experience
- 14+ years in software engineering, with 6+ years in leadership roles.
- Expertise in backend development (Java, Spring Boot, Golang) and frontend development (iOS Swift, Android Kotlin, React.js, Next.js, JavaScript).
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) and big data technologies (BigQuery, Cassandra, Elasticsearch).
- Hands-on experience with Java 17, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, and NoSQL databases at scale.
- Strong background in iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin), and Web (ReactJS, NextJS) development using MVVM-C architecture.
- Deep knowledge of OOP, reactive programming, UI/UX best practices.
- Proficiency in monitoring tools (Splunk, OpenObserver, Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus, XMatters, PagerDuty).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to mentor and develop high-performing teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in
Computer Science, Software Engineering
, or a related field.Experience in
eCommerce, marketplaces, or large-scale consumer applications
.
About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. Thats what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds 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 with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, 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 ahost of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.At Walmart, our vision is everyone included. By fostering a workplace culture where everyone isand feelsincluded, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, were able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
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 welcoming of all people.
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...
BLOCK- 1, PRESTIGE TECH PACIFIC PARK, SY NO. 38/1, OUTER RING ROAD KADUBEESANAHALLI, , India R-2276497
