Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Walmart's People.AI team is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead the GenAI Platform Engineering team. At People.AI, we use our large and unique datasets about our employees to model, augment, automate, and reimagine all aspects of their digital experience.  

This is a vital role on the team with significant growth prospect, reporting directly to the Director of GenAI Platform. You will be part of an Agile team dedicated to developing platform capabilities to support GenAI/AI/ML applications at scale. You’ll focus on the platform architectural design, develop and review model and application code, and ensure high availability and performance of our systems using existing and emerging cloud technologies. We are looking for someone who is eager to lead the development of cutting-edge GenAI platform alongside talented modelers and engineers, as well as a strong architect with a track record for designing APIs used in large-scale production environments who can create simple, reusable abstractions for performing complex machine learning tasks.

About Team:
The Enterprise People Technology team supports the successful deployment and adoption of new People technology across the enterprise. As a Fortune #1 company, our work impacts millions of associates globally. We strive to continuously improve people technology and products to help managers and associates so they can focus on what matters most - supporting our customers and members. People Technology is one of the major segments of Walmart Global Tech’s Enterprise Business Services, which is invested in building a compact, robust organization that includes service operations and technology solutions for Finance, People, and the Associate Digital Experience.

What you'll do:

• Recruit, lead, and mentor a strong team.
• Shape the platform roadmap using an understanding of product requirements, GenAI technology stack, and software architecture.
• Dive deeply with members of your team to provide coaching that ensures their success, providing hands-on technical guidance and direction in critical high-impact areas as needed.
• Partner and collaborate closely with People.AI product and business leaders.
• Work cross-functionally with product, science, and peer engineering teams to prioritize efforts that will bring your team’s work to life. Identify new opportunities, develop prototypes, achieve buy-in from partners, and communicate staffing needs.
• Effectively communicate your team’s work to other senior leaders and the executive team on a regular basis.
• Leverage or build cloud-based architectures, technologies, and/or platforms to deliver optimized ML models at scale.
• Model the MLOps ways-of-working by leveraging CI/CD best practices, including test automation, automated deployments, model retraining, and monitoring to ensure successful deployment and continuous operation of ML systems and pipelines.
• Stay up to date with the latest state-of-the-art techniques in use and deployment of machine learning applications/models and foster a culture of learning within the organization.

What you'll bring:

• Python Guru that embraces Pythonic way of thinking. Python is the primary language with sprinkle of JavaScript. You will be responsible for code reviews and setting code quality standards for the team.
• Experience leading teams both technically and in a formal management capacity.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to understand and synthesize requirements across multiple domains.
• Deep knowledge of and experience in building scalable distributed end-to-end machine learning pipelines and or services.
• Highly skilled in the technologies we use and learn daily: API Design, scaling applications, distributed systems, Python (ML, APIs, workflows), Cloud Platform (Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, Kafka, Airflow, SQL.
• Well-developed software engineering/API design fundamentals and the ability to write production code when needed. 
• Intellectual curiosity and a passion for GenAI, MLOps and cloud technologies.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
 

Walmart’s culture is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed.  We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.  
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey. 

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. 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, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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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...

508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America