Director, Software Engineering – Finance Technology

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Join Walmart as Director, Software Engineering €“ Finance Technology in our Global Technology EBS team.  Your work could help over 240 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But youll quickly find were a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the worlds most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in belonging, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, youll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

Walmarts Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of seven exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart. As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.

About the Team:

As a Director, Software Engineering in the Finance Tech teams at Walmart, you will be instrumental in defining the architectural vision and strategy for our Fin Tech systems and implementing them. Your primary responsibility will be to design, develop, and oversee the implementation of robust, scalable, and efficient architectural solutions for Finance associates.

What you'll Do:

As a director, you will be instrumental in defining the technical vision and architecture of systems, ensuring they meet performance, security, and scalability requirements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, guide engineering efforts, and lead the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to build reliable, high-quality software solutions that are loved by your customers. You will own attracting, developing, and growing top engineering talent while fostering a culture of innovation and high performance.

• Build, develop and guide high-performing talent. Define a long term talent strategy cutting across technology. Provide supervision, mentoring and development opportunities for the team who report into you.

• Provide guidance in applying the right architectural pattern for the modernization of the applications by analyzing the gaps between existing architecture and new business requirements

• Drive automation using more adoption and maturity on the CI/CD stage gates for the applications

• Drive implementation of telemetry features based on the domain requirements to improve the overall operational excellence of the application

• Technical leadership in building a complex microservices based platform or product that are highly reliable, and scalable

• Drive technical impact analysis, conduct RCAs with corrective actions for both short; long term fixes and prevent them from re-occurring

• Operating with excellence Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others

• Analyze system performance impacting the complete product for non-functional requirements like reliability, operability, performance efficiency and security

• Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and exis