(IND) SENIOR MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the team: 
The team specializes in designing, developing, and managing integrations within the Workday platform and connected systems. Collaborating across functions, members deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions by following best practices in architecture, coding standards, and continuous integration/deployment. Emphasizing clear communication and agile methodologies, the team addresses evolving business needs. Engineers contribute to building and maintaining Workday business processes, reports, and integrations, ensuring high-quality outcomes. Leveraging expertise in Workday tools, APIs, and web services, the team drives innovation and operational excellence aligned with organizational goals.  

As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable software solutions aligned with business objectives. This role requires overseeing the full software development lifecycle, guiding technical teams in solution architecture, risk assessment, and agile practices. You will drive innovation by prioritizing product enhancements and ensuring high-quality, maintainable code while managing project execution and continuous integration processes. Collaborating cross-functionally, you will foster a performance-driven environment that supports operational excellence and aligns with organizational goals.  
 

What you'll do: 

• Lead software engineering teams to design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Analyze and prioritize requirements, guiding the creation of user stories and minimum viable products to meet core needs.
• Oversee solution architecture, ensuring adherence to design patterns, disaster recovery, and non-functional requirements.
• Drive coding standards, code quality, and implementation of automation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage defect resolution through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align technical solutions with strategic goals and operational priorities.
• Mentor and develop engineering talent, fostering a high-performance team environment.

What you'll bring: 

• B.E./B. Tech/MS/MCA in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Extensive experience in software engineering leadership, including guiding teams through the Software Development Life Cycle and agile methodologies.
• Proven expertise in solution design, software architecture, and scalable distributed systems.

• Practical experience integrating AI/ML/GenAI capabilities into software products including conversational interfaces, intelligent automation, summarization, recommendation, and agentic AI systems.

  Strong proficiency in Java/ JavaScript programming languages, with knowledge of coding standards and best practices.
• Ability to analyze and prioritize complex business and technical requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Skilled in risk analysis, defect management, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Demonstrated capability in project management, mentoring, and developing high-performing technical teams.

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 sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Chennai office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, pto, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." by fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal opportunity employer

Walmart, inc., is an equal opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

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...Tower 1, Part Of 1st, 2nd To 4th Flrs, Intl Tech Park Radial Road (radial It Park Pvt Ltd), , India