Group Director - Software Engineering

Position Summary...

The role will functionally own the Big Data (Spark, Dataproc), Analytics Data Services and Data Warehousing (Big Query) services.

What you'll do...

About Team:

This position is responsible for leading the Data Services team in Bangalore, functionally responsible for all Big Data, Analytics and Data Warehousing services for Walmart.

The Group Director, Software Engineering – Data Services, is responsible for defining and scaling the technology platforms that power Walmart’s data lake, warehouse, and analytics services. This leader sets the long-term engineering vision and platform strategy for Big Data processing at Walmart.
 

This role operates at the intersection of Generative AI, platform engineering, distributed systems, data platforms, and operational excellence. The Group Director creates clarity on technical priorities, architectural tradeoffs, and execution sequencing across a complex ecosystem while ensuring platform reliability, scalability, and extensibility.
The role drives differentiated platform capability through GenAI native products, engineering excellence, data integration, measurement infrastructure, and closed-loop system design.  The role drives significant impact through platform consolidation and unification.

What you'll do...

• Build and operate the infrastructure services for exabyte scale data lake at Walmart on Google, Azure, and Private clouds.
• Leverage and optimize data warehousing services – Big Query, Trino and other data warehousing services -  to enable data engineering, data science and business analytics teams.
• Oversees execution of large-scale projects: Manages complex projects and programs, develops solutions and contingency plans, and manages budgets and expenditures.
• Hiring: Develops and implements strategies to attract, retain, and develop a highly skilled and engaged engineering teams, supporting mentorship, development, and succession planning.
• Performance Monitoring: Establishes metrics and systems to track success of operational initiatives, including Availability (TTD, TTR), Cost(Infra cost and utilization) and Security(Authentication, Authorization and Auditing).
• Strategic Planning: Develops multi-year plans to improve performance, profit and loss, and customer experience; supports LRP planning and budgeting.
• Learning & Development: Drives initiatives to enhance learning, training effectiveness, and agent proficiency.
• Cultivates an environment of integrity: Integrates company standards of integrity and ethics into all programs and practices, supports the Open Door Policy, and ensures compliance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Builds relationships with key stakeholders, supports community outreach, and drives execution of business solutions.
• Risk Management: Identifies and mitigates operational risks, ensuring business continuity and consistent quality.

What You'll Bring....

• Data lake experience with Spark, Hadoop, Iceberg, Hudi, Hive, Ranger and related service deployments at scale.
• Operational Excellence at scale. Operate large scale services with high availability and low costs.
• Leadership. Build strong engineering teams with big data experience.
• Project Management. Ability to drive complex OKRs and Programs.
• Performance and Cost Monitoring. Ability to drive cost optimizations with infrastructure and application performance tuning.
• Strategic Planning. Ability to drive long term Big Data strategies enabling the next generation of AI driven applications.
• Learning & Development. Ability to mentor and grow teams.

Leadership Expectations

• Respect the Individual: Builds high-performing teams, embraces diversity, fosters belonging, and empowers associates.
• Act with Integrity: Maintains high standards of ethics and compliance, models company values, and supports sustainability and community initiatives.
• Serve Customers and Members: Delivers business results with a customer-first mindset, leveraging data and analytics.
• Strive for Excellence: Drives continuous improvement, innovation, and adoption of new technology.

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 experts 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.

Flexible Work

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 Bangalore 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.

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 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 10 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
5 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 6 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