Sr MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Position Summary... As an Engineering Manager on the Builder Experience & CI/CD Platforms team, you will lead a team responsible for building and operating Walmart s enterprise builder experience and CI/CD platforms. Your team s work will enable thousands of engineers to build, test, secure, release, and deploy software efficiently, reliably, and at scale.

This role requires strong people leadership, technical depth, and execution discipline across Java, distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD technologies, Jenkins, Linux, and platform engineering. You will establish engineering priorities, translate platform strategy into executable roadmaps, guide critical architectural and technical decisions, and ensure the reliable delivery and operation of business-critical platform capabilities. You will hire, coach, and develop engineers while building a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You will partner closely with product, engineering, security, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver scalable, secure, and intuitive developer-platform capabilities that support diverse technology stacks and deployment environments. You will also manage cross-team dependencies, drive stakeholder alignment, remove execution barriers, and ensure that platform investments produce measurable improvements in developer productivity, reliability, adoption, and operational efficiency. What youll do...

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Partner with product and senior leadership to define technical strategy, roadmaps, and priorities.
• Lead the delivery of large-scale, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Guide architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-native platforms.
• Remove execution barriers, manage dependencies, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and software-development processes through automation and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, security, infrastructure, and business teams across the United States and India.
• Contribute to Walmart s broader engineering community and uphold its values and standards.

• Proven experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, cloud-native development, databases, messaging, and API design.
• Hands-on product/platform development experience and the ability to guide teams through complex technical challenges.
• Experience delivering large, cross-functional programs and managing dependencies across teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and execution skills.
• A people-first leadership approach with a strong focus on ownership, quality, reliability, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor s or master s degree in engineering in Computer Science or a related field.
• 15+ years of software-engineering experience, including at least 3 years of people-management experience.
• Strong Java/J2EE and cloud-native software-development experience.
• Strong understanding of the software-development lifecycle, architecture, databases, and messaging technologies.

Minimum Qualifications... Option 1: Bachelors 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... 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... Building 10 (sez), Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India