Walmart

Group Director, Software Engineering - Dynamic Promise & Trip Management, Last Mile Delivery

Walmart$254K — $481K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of large-scale engineering organizations
  • Proven track record in building and operating scalable distributed systems
  • Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures and real-time processing
  • Experience with mission-critical platforms requiring high operational excellence
  • Demonstrated success in platform modernization and engineering transformation
  • Strong executive communication skills for stakeholder management
  • Ability to lead rapid organizational growth and complex transformations

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple engineering organizations for real-time delivery planning and orchestration
  • Define multi-year technology strategies for Last Mile Delivery
  • Drive engineering excellence in system architecture and operational maturity
  • Build highly available distributed systems for trip planning and routing optimization
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance delivery speed and efficiency
  • Lead modernization initiatives focused on scalability and performance
  • Drive AI-driven optimization and data-informed decision-making in logistics

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative workplace culture
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
  • Influence on enterprise-wide technology strategy
  • Participation in shaping logistics and fulfillment capabilities
  • Work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the Team

Walmart's Last Mile Delivery (LMD) organization powers one of the largest and fastest-growing delivery ecosystems in the world, enabling millions of deliveries across grocery, general merchandise, pharmacy, and same-day fulfillment.

This role leads the engineering organizations responsible for Dynamic Promise and Trip Management, mission-critical platforms that power delivery planning, orchestration, routing, execution, and optimization across Walmart's Last Mile network. These platforms play a foundational role in ensuring orders are delivered with speed, accuracy, reliability, and optimal cost efficiency at enterprise scale.

What You'll Do

As Group Director of Engineering, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for large-scale engineering organizations responsible for Walmart's Dynamic Promise and Trip Management platforms.

You will define the long-term technology vision, drive organizational execution, and lead the development of highly scalable platforms that power delivery planning and execution across Walmart's Last Mile ecosystem.

You will:

  • Lead multiple engineering organizations responsible for real-time planning, orchestration, routing, execution, and optimization platforms operating at enterprise scale
  • Define and execute multi-year technology and platform strategies aligned to Walmart's Last Mile Delivery business priorities and growth objectives
  • Drive engineering excellence across architecture, platform reliability, observability, resiliency, operational maturity, security, and software quality
  • Build and scale highly available distributed systems supporting delivery promise computation, trip planning, dispatching, routing optimization, and execution workflows
  • Partner closely with Product, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketplace, Data Science, Finance, and executive leadership to improve delivery speed, operational efficiency, customer experience, and cost optimization
  • Lead platform modernization and transformation initiatives focused on scalability, latency reduction, developer productivity, operational efficiency, and engineering velocity
  • Drive AI-driven optimization, intelligent automation, and data-informed decision-making across logistics and execution platforms
  • Establish strong operational rigor across production systems, including incident management, telemetry, distributed tracing, capacity planning, and performance engineering
  • Influence enterprise-wide technology strategy and help shape the future of Walmart's logistics and fulfillment capabilities
  • Build, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and high-performing organizations while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, inclusion, and customer obsession
  • Lead organizational scaling, succession planning, talent development, and cross-functional alignment across engineering and business organizations


What You'll Bring

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience with significant experience leading large-scale engineering organizations and senior engineering leaders
  • Proven track record building and operating highly scalable distributed systems and real-time operational platforms at enterprise scale
  • Strong technical expertise across cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, APIs, real-time processing, optimization platforms, and high-throughput systems
  • Experience leading mission-critical platforms with strong operational excellence, resiliency, availability, and performance requirements
  • Demonstrated success driving platform modernization, organizational transformation, and engineering operational maturity initiatives
  • Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional and senior leadership teams
  • Experience leading organizations through rapid growth, scaling challenges, and complex technology transformations
  • Strong people leadership skills with experience managing managers, senior engineering leaders, and large engineering organizations
  • Ability to operate effectively in highly complex, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments
  • Experience with AI/ML-driven optimization systems, logistics technology, intelligent automation, or operational platforms is strongly preferred


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building platforms supporting logistics, supply chain, marketplace, mobility, or Last Mile Delivery ecosystems
  • Experience operating large-scale real-time planning and execution systems supporting millions of operational decisions daily
  • Familiarity with routing optimization, fulfillment systems, dispatching, or delivery orchestration platforms
  • Experience driving enterprise-wide observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence initiatives
  • Experience leading globally distributed engineering organizations
  • Strong understanding of platform governance, security, compliance, and operational risk management


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 8 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 10 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
5 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 6 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...

1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

About Walmart

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Walmart Careers

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2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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