(USA) Senior Director, Software Engineering

Walmart, Inc.

$208K — $416K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Sunnyvale, CA
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 7 years in software engineering or related area, 9 years without a degree.
  • 4 years of supervisory experience.
  • Strong data-driven mindset and systems thinking.
  • Experience leading large technical organizations at the Director or Senior Director level.
  • Comfortable in ambiguity and capable of driving change initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a globally distributed engineering team across the U.S. and India.
  • Optimize associate time and outcomes with a data-driven approach.
  • Own workforce planning and demand-alignment platforms.
  • Drive change initiatives across stakeholders, influencing senior leaders.
  • Scale capabilities for unified global solutions.
  • Innovate in undefined problem areas, adapting technology as requirements evolve.
  • Ensure engineering efforts tie closely to business and store outcomes.

Benefits

  • Incentive awards for performance.
  • 401(k) match.
  • Stock purchase plan.
  • Paid maternity and parental leave.
  • Multiple health plan options.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO).
Full Job Description
Position Summary...

What you'll do...
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Director to lead a critical organization responsible for aligning workforce capacity, associate time, and operational execution to real customer demand at enterprise scale.
This role combines platform ownership and changes leadership with greenfield innovation. The successful leader will drive workforce planning and execution systems while building new capabilities that connect associate behavior to measurable store and customer outcomes. This is a highly visible role requiring executive presence, strong systems thinking, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

What you'll do:
  • Lead a large, globally distributed engineering organization across the U.S. and India.
  • Provide a data driven approach for optimizing associate time and oncomes by suggesting next best actions.
  • Own workforce planning and demand-alignment platforms, including scheduling, staffing, and labor forecasting capabilities.
  • Drive complex change initiatives across product, business, and engineering stakeholders, influencing senior leaders.
  • Scale capabilities across U.S. and international markets while moving toward globally unified solutions.
  • Drive innovation in undefined problem spaces, building new technology where requirements evolve over time.
  • Ensure engineering work is tightly linked to business and store-level outcomes through strong metrics and data analysis.
  • Foster a culture of quantitative, outcome-driven decision-making.


What You'll bring
  • Data driven mindset that maps real-world operating behaviors to data modeling, metrics, and machine learning.
  • Strong understanding of how your engineering work links to business outcomes.
  • Senior leader with experience leading large technical or engineering organizations (Director or Senior Director level).
  • Strong change management and executive influence skills.
  • Proven ability to deliver results in ambiguous, loosely defined environments.
  • Engineering or technical background with strong systems thinking.
  • Highly metrics- and data-driven, with clear ties between technology investments and business outcomes.
  • Comfortable iterating toward solutions rather than relying on fully defined specifications.
  • Experience in workforce management, retail, logistics, real-time task management or large-scale operational environments is a plus, but not required.


Why This Role
  • Enterprise-scale impact with clear customer and operational outcomes
  • Combination of execution excellence and innovation leadership
  • High visibility and influence across engineering, product, and business leadership

Benefits:
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.
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 7 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 9 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
4 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 5 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.

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