(usa) Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Senior Engineering Manager for Walmart's FinTech team, focusing on Accounts Payable and Supply Chain. The role involves leading full-stack engineering teams to build end-to-end solutions, including UI, backend services, and event-driven platforms, with an emphasis on rapid experimentation and scaling solutions globally. The team will explore automation, agent-based solutions, and intelligent workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead, mentor, and grow a team of full-stack engineers working across React-based front ends, Java/Spring Boot services, and Kafka-driven platforms
  2. Define and evolve the end-to-end architecture spanning: Frontend: React.js, TypeScript, modern UI frameworks, and data visualization; Backend: Java, Spring Boot, RESTful and event-driven services; Messaging & Streaming: Kafka for real-time data processing and system decoupling
  3. Own delivery outcomes across multiple workstreams, balancing rapid experimentation with production-grade engineering
  4. Work closely with Product, Data Science, Finance, and Supply Chain stakeholders to translate business problems into technical roadmaps
  5. Champion event-driven and data-centric designs using Kafka to improve accuracy, timeliness, and system resilience

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams
  • Proven ability to lead teams delivering full-stack, distributed systems in complex enterprise environments
  • 10+ years of overall software engineering experience
  • Strong hands-on background with: Frontend: React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS; Backend: Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs; Streaming & Messaging: Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms
  • Ability to guide architecture, review designs, and unblock teams across the stack
  • Strong delivery mindset with experience leading cross-functional initiatives
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Bias for action, high ownership, and comfort operating in ambiguity
  • Experience driving Agile delivery and modern DevOps practices
  • Focus on scalability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability

Nice to have

  • FinTech / Payments / Supply Chain: Accounts payable, reconciliation, inventory, or financial accuracy systems
  • Event-Driven Architectures: Deep experience designing Kafka-based workflows and data pipelines
  • Cloud & Platform Services: Experience with cloud-native deployments, CI/CD, and observability
  • Data & Analytics Integration: Building systems consumed by Data Scientists and Business Analysts
  • Enterprise Scale: Operating systems and teams supporting global, high-volume workloads

What the JD emphasized

  • FinTech
  • full-stack engineering teams
  • Accounts Payable
  • Supply Chain
  • accurate and timely supplier payments
  • end-to-end solutions
  • people leadership
  • technical depth
  • delivery ownership
  • full-stack engineers
  • React-based front ends
  • Java/Spring Boot services
  • Kafka-driven platforms
  • end-to-end architecture
  • React.js
  • TypeScript
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Kafka
  • rapid experimentation
  • production-grade engineering
  • Agile practices
  • code quality
  • testing
  • observability
  • operational readiness
  • Product
  • Data Science
  • Finance
  • Supply Chain
  • event-driven
  • data-centric designs
  • automation
  • agent-based solutions
  • intelligent workflows