Senior Software Engineering Leader — Data & Cloud Solutions

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

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.