Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Walmart Inc.; Bentonville (AR); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Wal-Mart is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead strategic software initiatives at the Bentonville, AR campus. You will guide architecture, design, and delivery across multiple squads, partnering with product and operations to meet core business goals.

Responsibilities include translating requirements into scalable data pipelines, mentoring engineers, shaping technical standards, and driving CI/CD automation with emphasis on reliability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, computer engineering, computer Information systems, software engineering, or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related area; OR 7 years of experience in software engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Explore relevant products/solutions from an existing repertoire addressing business/technical needs.
• Assess gaps/ updates/ modifications between customer expectations and existing product/solutions.
• Classify requirements into Functional/Non-Functional types and other categories.
• Anticipate risks during requirements gathering and propose corrective steps.
• Create user stories for components/applications in an agile context.
• Provide design considerations for modular and scalable solutions.
• Create minimal, functional code for components meeting requirements and non-functional needs.
• Support language/tool selection for software development and CI/CD.

Skills

Data pipelines

Python/Scala/Java

Spark optimization

Hive/SQL

Unit/integration testing

CI/CD

Hadoop administration

Team leadership

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Hive

Spark

Hadoop

Jenkins

DistCp

Job description

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Position

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Job Location

811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties

Explore relevant products/solutions from an existing repertoire, that can address business/technical needs. Assess gaps/ updates/ modifications between the customer/business expectations and the existing product/solutions (in case of agile methodology, for the iteration). Classify the requirements into applicable types (For example - Functional/Non-Functional, Derived/Imposed/Emergent etc.). Anticipate the solution risks / issues during requirements gathering phase, inform relevant stakeholders and recommend corrective steps. Contribute to the creation of user stories for component/application/complex (For agile methodology). Assist in creation of simple, modular, extensible and functional design for the product/solution in adherence to the requirements. Evaluate trade-offs while designing across multiple components in a product based on the business requirements. Convert HLD to create detailed design using mock screens, pseudo codes and detailed functional logic of the modules for specific modules / components of a product. Understand nuances of designing for disaster recovery. Design and create MVP to clarify requirements and design and uncover risks. Independently refine the MVP design for early defects and revised customer requirements. Create/configure minimalistic code for entire component/application and ensure the components are meeting business/technical requirements, non-functional requirements, low-maintainability, high-availability and high-scalability needs. Assist in the selection of appropriate languages (E.g. JavaScript, Python, C# etc.), development standards and tools (E.g. Monday.com, Linx, Embold etc.) for software coding/configuration. Take initiative to learn the fundamentals of different coding languages and frameworks that would be useful for future scope of work. Build scripts for automation of repetitive and routine tasks in CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery), Testing or any other process (as applicable). Implement telemetry features as required independently. Ensure security policy requirements are properly applied to components/application during code development/configuration. Map the customer requirements in to test objectives. Identify and create test cases for the component/module. Execute test cases to test the code and detect errors and defects for the entire component. Execute different types of testing using appropriate testing tools based on the testing needs. Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause corrective action (RCCA) to identify the origin of defects/ performance gaps and prevent them from recurring. Track registered issues for the product/solution and prioritize them for resolution. Measure usability of the product/solution as per customer/business requirement after defect fixing and plugging test gaps. Analyze the issues and plan a series of steps which potentially includes reconfiguration, integration, removal or addition of application components to enhance the application's functionality, usability and security. Define the metrics to be tracked for effective monitoring of application performance. Lead application maintenance (corrective, adaptive, perfective) and re-engineering plans and activities and the development of documentation and training material. Drive application changes and enhancements, lead problem identification, technical impact analysis of maintenance activities. Provide support to relevant stakeholders to drive adherence to performance metrics of the program for different projects. Take appropriate measures when required to bring program health on track in case of adversity. Provide inputs to improve the throughput, efficiency, and effectiveness of programs. Manage CICD through tracking and reviewing deployment schedules and guiding team throughout the process. Associate supervises Software Engineering III (3); Senior, Software Engineer (2); Staff, Software Engineer (2); Data Engineer (1); and Corporate, IT Engineer (1).

Minimum education and experience required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, computer engineering, computer Information systems, software engineering, or related field plus 3 years of experience in software engineering or related area; OR 7 years of experience in software engineering or related field.

Skills required

• Experience converting business requirements into actionable tasks and designing, implementing and testing data pipelines/projects.
• Experience building Py-Spark Applications using Python programming language.
• Experience designing testing strategy and performing extensive unit testing as well as integration testing for all data pipelines built.
• Experience creating and managing Hive data tables using Hive Query language.
• Experience testing and troubleshooting Hive Queries to process data per business requirements.
• Experience designing and building orchestration pipelines, using Bash scripts, to orchestrate Spark jobs, and Hive Queries.
• Experience designing, developing and managing Relational Database Management Systems (MySQL) architecture for various use cases.
• Experience building and testing MySQL Stored Procedures.
• Experience analyzing, troubleshooting and improving performance of Spark Applications using job performance in Spark UI.
• Experience with Hadoop architecture and utilizing the same in spinning up Hadoop Clusters to deploy spark applications.
• Experience designing, developing and testing Jenkins pipelines to schedule Spark Jobs and adding trigger dependencies to downstream jobs.
• Experience using Hadoop DistCp to copy data between different Hadoop clusters.
• Experience coding in programming languages Python, Java, and Scala.
• Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Rate of pay: $129,314.00 - 220,000.00/year

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay Rate... $0.00 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.

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.