Position Summary...

Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning. Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices; developing consequences for violations or non-compliance; and supporting the Open Door Policy. Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.

What you'll do...

We are looking for a seasoned software engineering leader with proven skills in delivering large scale distributed systems, cloud native systems, with a track record of making business impact. The leader will play the Senior Director of Engineering role in Search and Availability team in IDC.

The role includes spearheading an organization of Directors, senior managers, leading teams of software engineers developing highly scalable and cutting-edge systems and solutions in a highly agile setup, with high quality standards and operational excellence, mentoring and actively shaping the organizational strategies and providing thought leadership.

About Team: Search Engineering team

The Search and Availability team charter is to provide the world’s most trusted and comprehensive search experience for consumers.  This involves surfacing highly relevant and engaging results through a reliable assortment offering.   

A seamless search offering is built on these core search principles: 

Find - Show me what I asked for  Browse - Make browsing easy and intuitive  Decide – Provide me the tools to make informed buying decisions 

Foundationally, Search is dependent on having the right assortment at the right price transactable for customers to purchase. 

To achieve this the Item Transactability strives for these core availability principles: 

Maximize Omni Channel Assortment   Only advertise items abiding by legal, compliance and operational constraints  Ensuring a fair and equitable Buy box share 

What you'll do:

Search and Availability team, is looking for a Senior Director, Software Engineering in IDC. As the leader in this role, you will own Search and Availability Platform capabilities from IDC that enables various initiatives including Retrieval, Variants, Core Search, Verticals, Marketplace, IRO, Rollups, Buy box, LIMO and other systems that power Search and Availability for customers.

You would be closely associated with our US Search and Availability team and functionally strategize the roadmap for these areas.

Stay up to date with the latest Bigdata, data analytics, IOT trends, and ensure the team is constantly upskilled in these areas.

Act as a thought leader for engineering within the organization and in the broader technical community.

Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, including accessibility and performance standards.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong technical skills in software development, with proven experience in building large scale distributed cloud native systems with global teams.
• Strong customer focus and drive speed with quality.
• Experience in leading and managing teams of managers, experienced ICs, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products on time and on budget.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve their full potential.
• Proficiency in cloud technologies, front-end & back-end technologies. - Knowledge of current technology trends, DevOps & CI/CD Principles, and Microservices Architecture.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns, with the ability to design and optimize for scalability and resilience.
• Strong skills in Engineering excellence and operational excellence
• Proficiency in modern software engineering practices and core computer science concepts across algorithms, data structures and distributed computing
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an ability to approach problems logically and systematically.
• Technical Knowledge & Skills
  • Must Have
    • Architecture Design on Open stack technologies
    • Cloud technologies
    • Front-end & Back-end Technologies
    • Knowledge of current technology trends
    • DevOps & CI/CD Principals
    • Software Development Proficiency
    • Microservices Architecture

Additional Comments

Minimum Qualifications (Manager's Ideal Candidate Must-Haves (skills required))

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field and minimum 15 - 20 years’ experience in software engineering Or master’s degree in computer science or related field and 10 - 15 years of work experience
• Minimum 8 - 10 years of people manager experience (including managing leaders) in driving and retaining a high-performance team.
• Minimum 8 -10  years of experience building highly scalable, high performance, responsive software Applications.
• Highly technical hands-on and an effective people leader
• Proven industry experience with large scale distributed systems
• Attitude to thrive in a fun, fast-paced start-up like environment.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Has ambition and vigor to add value to a rapidly growing development team.

About Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.3 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human led is our true disruption.

Ways of Working

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 a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

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 to 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.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 9 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.



4 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 5 years' experience in software engineering or related area.

Primary Location...

4,5,6, 7 Floor, Building 10, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India