Group Director, Software Engineering – Dynamic Promise & Trip Management, Last Mile Delivery

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About the Team

Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery (LMD) organization powers one of the largest and fastest-growing delivery ecosystems in the world, enabling millions of deliveries across grocery, general merchandise, pharmacy, and same-day fulfillment.

This role leads the engineering organizations responsible for Dynamic Promise and Trip Management, mission-critical platforms that power delivery planning, orchestration, routing, execution, and optimization across Walmart’s Last Mile network. These platforms play a foundational role in ensuring orders are delivered with speed, accuracy, reliability, and optimal cost efficiency at enterprise scale.

What You’ll Do

As Group Director of Engineering, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for large-scale engineering organizations responsible for Walmart’s Dynamic Promise and Trip Management platforms.

You will define the long-term technology vision, drive organizational execution, and lead the development of highly scalable platforms that power delivery planning and execution across Walmart’s Last Mile ecosystem.

You will:

Lead multiple engineering organizations responsible for real-time planning, orchestration, routing, execution, and optimization platforms operating at enterprise scale
Define and execute multi-year technology and platform strategies aligned to Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery business priorities and growth objectives
Drive engineering excellence across architecture, platform reliability, observability, resiliency, operational maturity, security, and software quality
Build and scale highly available distributed systems supporting delivery promise computation, trip planning, dispatching, routing optimization, and execution workflows
Partner closely with Product, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketplace, Data Science, Finance, and executive leadership to improve delivery speed, operational efficiency, customer experience, and cost optimization
Lead platform modernization and transformation initiatives focused on scalability, latency reduction, developer productivity, operational efficiency, and engineering velocity
Drive AI-driven optimization, intelligent automation, and data-informed decision-making across logistics and execution platforms
Establish strong operational rigor across production systems, including incident management, telemetry, distributed tracing, capacity planning, and performance engineering
Influence enterprise-wide technology strategy and help shape the future of Walmart’s logistics and fulfillment capabilities
Build, mentor, and develop senior engineering leaders and high-performing organizations while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, inclusion, and customer obsession
Lead organizational scaling, succession planning, talent development, and cross-functional alignment across engineering and business organizations

What You’ll Bring

15+ years of software engineering experience with significant experience leading large-scale engineering organizations and senior engineering leaders
Proven track record building and operating highly scalable distributed systems and real-time operational platforms at enterprise scale
Strong technical expertise across cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, APIs, real-time processing, optimization platforms, and high-throughput systems
Experience leading mission-critical platforms with strong operational excellence, resiliency, availability, and performance requirements
Demonstrated success driving platform modernization, organizational transformation, and engineering operational maturity initiatives
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional and senior leadership teams
Experience leading organizations through rapid growth, scaling challenges, and complex technology transformations
Strong people leadership skills with experience managing managers, senior engineering leaders, and large engineering organizations
Ability to operate effectively in highly complex, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments
Experience with AI/ML-driven optimization systems, logistics technology, intelligent automation, or operational platforms is strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building platforms supporting logistics, supply chain, marketplace, mobility, or Last Mile Delivery ecosystems
Experience operating large-scale real-time planning and execution systems supporting millions of operational decisions daily
Familiarity with routing optimization, fulfillment systems, dispatching, or delivery orchestration platforms
Experience driving enterprise-wide observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence initiatives
Experience leading globally distributed engineering organizations
Strong understanding of platform governance, security, compliance, and operational risk management

Why Join Us

Walmart’s Last Mile Delivery organization is redefining how customers receive orders while building one of the world’s largest and most advanced logistics and delivery ecosystems. This role offers the opportunity to:

Lead business-critical platforms operating at massive enterprise scale
Shape the future of delivery planning, orchestration, and execution technology
Drive AI-powered innovation across logistics and operational optimization
Solve highly complex technical and operational challenges with global scale and impact
Influence Walmart’s long-term technology strategy across Last Mile Delivery and supply chain platforms
Work alongside world-class engineering, product, and business leaders transforming the future of retail and delivery experiences

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 is a competitive advantage, and it’s fostered by being together. Working together in person allows us to collaborate, align quickly and innovate with greater speed. We use our campuses to create purposeful connection rooted in deepening understanding and investing in the development of our associates.
Our hubs: Walmart is a global company with offices across the United States and around the world. Our global headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas, with primary hubs in the San Francisco Bay area and New York/New Jersey.

Benefits:

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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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 One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $254,000.00 - $481,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

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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...

1395 Crossman Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1114, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.