Director, Software Engineering

Posted:
1/16/2026, 1:31:56 AM

Location(s):
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States ⋅ Arkansas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Finance Data Factory is a cornerstone of Walmart’s financial data infrastructure, responsible for building and maintaining True North datasets that are trusted, authoritative data assets that serve as the single source of truth across the enterprise. These foundational datasets are meticulously engineered to ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability, and are consumed by a wide array of downstream applications that support critical business operations, financial systems, and executive decision-making.
Our team plays a strategic role in enabling data-driven transformation across Finance by:
  • Standardizing financial data across segments and systems to eliminate ambiguity and drive alignment.
  • Powering automation and analytics for applications ranging from transactional processing to predictive modeling.
  • Supporting executive reporting with high-quality, timely insights that inform strategic planning and performance tracking.
  • Ensuring scalability and governance through robust data pipelines, metadata management, and compliance frameworks.
We operate at the intersection of data engineering, financial domain expertise, and enterprise architecture, collaborating closely with technology and business partners to deliver scalable solutions that meet evolving business needs. By investing in reusable, high-quality data products, Finance Data Factory accelerates innovation, reduces redundancy, and enhances operational efficiency across the organization.
About Team: Our team works closely with our US stores and eCommerce business to better serve customers by empowering team members, stores, and merchants with technological innovation. From groceries and entertainment to sporting goods and crafts, Walmart U.S. offers an extensive selection that our customers value, whether they shop online at Walmart.com, through one of our mobile apps, or in-store. Focus areas include customers, stores and employees, in-store service, merchant tools, merchant data science, and search and personalization.

What you'll do:
  • Own Walmart’s authoritative financial data assets that serve as the single source of truth 
  • Standardize financial data across SAP,, Data Lake, and downstream system
  • Power analytics and ML with high-quality, ready-to-use financial data
  • Deliver timely, accurate data for executive reporting and strategic planning
  • Build scalable, governed data pipelines that support growth and regulatory needs
  • Reduce manual reconciliation and operational risk through engineered data quality
  • Partner with Finance and Engineering to translate business strategy into data products

What you'll bring:
  • Executive-level communication - can translate complex data and engineering concepts into clear business outcomes for Finance, Product, and senior leadership
  • Strong influence without authority - able to align Finance, Engineering, and Architecture teams around a common data strategy and drive decisions across org boundaries
  • Deep technical acumen - understands modern data platforms, pipelines, governance, and financial systems well enough to challenge designs and ensure scalable, reliable solutions
  • Customer-first mindset - frames technical work in terms of financial impact, risk reduction, and decision enablement
  • Structured, outcome-driven thinking - breaks ambiguous problems into clear priorities, tradeoffs, and executable plans
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. 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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. 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.
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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00 - $260,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- 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 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
3 years' supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

805 Se Moberly Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Walmart 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.

Walmart

Website: http://www.walmart.com/

Headquarter Location: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1962

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ Grocery ⋅ Retail ⋅ Retail Technology ⋅ Shopping