Hands-on Senior Software Engineering Manager | .NET/AWS Lead

Walmart Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 121,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Live Better U education benefit

401(k) and stock purchase plans

Paid time off including PTO/Sick leave

Job summary

Walmart Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead architecture and a hands-on engineering team in Denver. You will design scalable backend services, review code, and guide 3–6 engineers while staying technically hands-on and delivering value.

You will work with AWS, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes, managing data across relational and NoSQL stores, and pushing CI/CD and observability to maintain high reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in software engineering with leadership exposure.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems and mentoring engineers.
• Hands-on in backend services and cloud architecture encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of modular, scalable backend services with reliability and cost balance.
• Maintain hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical standards.
• Architect and operate distributed systems on AWS using Terraform and containers.
• Own data design across Postgres, MySQL and NoSQL stores.
• Drive testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and defect resolution.
• Mentor and grow a team of 3-6 engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Hands-on

System design

Code review

Mentoring

Architecture

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps

Generative AI

Postgres

MongoDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes/ECS

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Redis

Job description

Walmart Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead architecture and a hands-on engineering team in Denver. You will design scalable backend services, review code, and guide 3–6 engineers while staying technically hands-on and delivering value.

You will work with AWS, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes, managing data across relational and NoSQL stores, and pushing CI/CD and observability to maintain high reliability.