Position Summary

As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Sams Item platform, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of full stack developers to leverage and customize the Unity platform to fulfill Sams item needs. You will collaborate and partner with Walmart product, engineering teams as well as Sams product, business and other Sams Engineering teams to build world-class systems and applications. Additionally, you will influence and provide opportunities for associates to leverage GenAI tools to improve productivity and ensure faster delivery. Always have an operational excellence mind set while delivering solutions.

About Team

• Provide guidance and lead a team of engineers to build quality software solutions for our Associates and Members that reduce waste and gain efficiency
• Ensure Software Quality Engineering by keeping the engineers up to date on best practices, automated code testing, alerts, reporting, and taking a proactive approach to production running app support.
• Develop and implement product development strategies using Agile development processes by using iterative and incremental development processes; collaborating between self-organizing, cross-functional teams for requirements and solutions; and promoting adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery for rapid and flexible response to change.
• Solve business problems by applying data insights, scaling advanced Machine Learning algorithms and statistical models on large volumes of data.
• Drive the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance; accordingly, developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.
• Work closely with the Program and Product Manager, and Scrum Champion to ensure engineering work is pointed and prioritized correctly.

What You'll Bring

• Experience working in Walmart Unity platform.
• Strong senior level engineering leadership expertise in medium to large size company.
• Prior experience of building full stack applications, built for cloud and scale
• Proven experience in hiring and mentoring world-class engineering teams.
• Leading large scale systems in fast-paced environments.
• Cross functional collaboration, working across teams, domains and varied stakeholders
• Experience in one or more public cloud technologies like GCP, Azure, etc
• Experience in working in large teams using CI/CD and agile methodologies.
• Excellent oral and verbal communication skills.
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 15+ years of industry experience
• Experience in building E-commerce advertisement system is a plus

About Walmart General/Not Function Specific

Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners. Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.

Future Ways Of Working

Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success. We'll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sam’s Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. Option 1: 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. Option 2: 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. 2 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. 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., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location

640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America