Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Sunnyvale, CA

Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams building Marketplace Orders and Returns systems for third-party sellers at Walmart. The role involves technical strategy, architecture, and delivery of scalable, reliable platforms. It emphasizes leading engineering teams, developing microservices, and leveraging AI/Generative AI for automation and productivity, while collaborating with various internal teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive technical strategy and architecture for Marketplace Orders and Returns systems
  2. Lead development of event-driven, microservices platforms, including APIs, integrations, and web applications
  3. Ensure scalability, reliability, and operational excellence of systems
  4. Lead and develop a team of engineers, including hiring and mentoring
  5. Partner with Product and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years in leadership roles
  • leading engineering teams and delivering at scale
  • distributed systems
  • microservices
  • cloud platforms
  • high-scale, reliable systems
  • Java backend
  • modern web technologies (React)
  • people leadership
  • communication
  • problem-solving skills
  • Bachelor'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 OR 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area
  • 2 years’ supervisory experience

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area
  • creating inclusive digital experiences
  • implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards
  • assistive technologies
  • integrating digital accessibility seamlessly
  • accessibility best practices

What the JD emphasized

  • Marketplace Orders and Returns systems
  • technical execution
  • team leadership
  • delivery of scalable, reliable platforms
  • AI and Generative AI
  • automation, insights, and developer productivity

Other signals

  • Leverage AI and Generative AI to drive automation, insights, and developer productivity
  • Drive alignment and manage cross-team dependencies across Marketplace, Returns, Fulfillment, and Data Science & Analytics teams
  • Drive technical strategy and architecture for Marketplace Orders and Returns systems
  • Lead development of event-driven, microservices platforms