Director, Software Engineering – Payroll Modernization
Walmart
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Bellevue • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $156,000 - $312,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
CloudDistributed Systems
About the role
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable software architectures aligned with business objectives and technology roadmaps.
- Oversee requirement analysis, risk assessment, and solution scoping to ensure alignment with customer needs and technical feasibility.
- Guide teams in coding standards, secure development practices, and deployment pipelines to maintain high-quality software delivery.
- Manage program metrics, continuous integration, and deployment processes to optimize operational efficiency and product performance.
- Drive defect management, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to enhance software reliability and usability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and deliver technology solutions that support business growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- 3 years' supervisory experience.
- Extensive experience in software engineering leadership, including managing scalable distributed systems and software architecture design.
- Proven ability to analyze and translate complex business and technical requirements into functional, modular software solutions.
- Strong expertise in agile methodologies, including scoping, user story creation, and iterative development.
- Proficiency in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, telemetry, and automation to enhance software delivery and quality.
- Skilled in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration to align technology roadmaps with business objectives.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, coding standards, and security best practices to ensure robust and secure software products.
Benefits
- 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.
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
software architecturerequirement analysisrisk assessmentcoding standardssecure development practicescontinuous integrationdeployment processesdefect managementroot cause analysisagile methodologies
Soft skills
leadershipstakeholder managementcross-functional collaborationresource allocationcommunication