Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Machine Learning)

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the team :

Walmart's Advertising Technology group enables the connection between supplier brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale.

We are a highly motivated group of engineers and data scientists, working in an agile group to solve sophisticated and high impact problems.

We serve billions of ad requests every month with our high-performance ad servers. We build smart data systems that ingest, model, analyze and optimize the massive flow of data from online and store user activity and transactions.

We use cutting edge machine learning, data mining and optimization algorithms on this data. Above all, we are laser focused on delivering experiences that our customers and advertisers love.

This role is part of our Display Ads Server engineering team for Backend Services and will build the next generation omni-advertising platforms to deliver performance and value at scale.

A successful person in this role will own major components of the display advertising solution, drive alignment with other teams, guide architecture and technology choices within the team and across WMC.

This is a hands-on role and so we are looking with an exceptional and experienced coder first.

What you'll do :

Design & develop highly scalable services and solve complex software systems problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology

Gain exposure to various emerging technologies used in Marketing and Advertising on Walmart E-commerce platforms.

Provide technical direction, architecture leadership and expertise to the team.

Lead by example. Show your chops as an exceptional and experienced developer.

Drive projects of high visibility across the organization.

• Participate in medium- to large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by reviewing project, product and business requirements;
• translating requirements into technical solutions; gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirement);
• designing robust and scalable architectures; writing and developing code; conducting unit testing; communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders;
• collaborating with cross functional teams; troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes; enhancing design to prevent re-occurrences of defects;

ensuring on-time delivery.

What you'll bring :

Bachelor's Degree or master’s degree in Computer Science, AI / ML (or related field) and 10+ years of experience

Proven experience in leading or managing machine learning / AI teams, with a track record of successful project delivery

Work closely with data scientists, engineers, researchers, and product managers to implement AI / ML solutions into Display Ad Serving platform.

Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, databases, machine learning, etc.

Excellent communication skills and a great teammate; collaboration with data science team

Experience in Java, Scala, Object Oriented & Functional Programming, Design Patterns

Experience in coding and implementing scalable solutions in a large-scale distributed eco-system with Cloud Technologies like Azure and GCP

Experience in Apache Hadoop, Map-reduce, Apache Spark, and in messaging Systems as Kafka

Strong expertise in designing and building scalable APIs & cloud native microservices with integration with ML models.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face.

That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.

3 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service, or some code, but Walmart has always been about people.

People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption. 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.

Flexible, hybrid work

We use a hybrid way of working that is primarily virtual, while remaining near the locations Global Tech calls home. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting.

Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities.

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.

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.

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.

For information about PTO, see .

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.

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.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see .

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

Stock

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...

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