Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead a high-impact Operations Tools engineering team within Sam's Club MAP (AdTech). The tools and platforms your team delivers are mission-critical to enabling Business Operations to plan, launch, and manage advertising campaigns that drive significant revenue for the organization. In this role, you'll guide multiple teams, work across diverse technologies, and deliver solutions that directly power business growth and operational excellence.

What You'll Do

• Lead and Inspire Teams: Manage and mentor 23 Scrum teams to deliver high-performing, scalable tools and systems that underpin core business operations.
• Own the Tooling Ecosystem: Drive the development and optimization of both external platforms (Salesforce, Appian, AdBook) and internal solutions (AdPal Reservation Calendar, Media Planning Engine) that enable the business to manage leads, workflows, media planning, and sponsorship reservations.
• Partner for Business Impact: Work closely with Business Operations to ensure they have the reliable, efficient, and innovative tools required to execute advertising campaigns and meet business commitments.
• Ensure Reliability and Quality: Oversee production support, incident triage, and ticketing processes for critical systems, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum operational continuity.
• Align and Deliver: Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering peers to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, and consistently deliver outcomes that enable the business to achieve its strategic goals.

What You'll Bring

• Proven Leadership Experience: History of successfully leading multi-team engineering organizations in high-impact, revenue-critical domains such as AdTech, SaaS, or enterprise tooling.
• Technical Expertise: Strong background in diverse tech stacks (Java, Python, Django, React, NodeJS, Apache Airflow, Google BigQuery, Cassandra) and cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP).
• Business Collaboration Skills: Ability to partner with non-technical stakeholders to transform operational needs into scalable, reliable, and impactful technical solutions.
• Operational Excellence Mindset: Experience in production support, incident management, and driving continuous improvement to protect and enhance business-critical systems.
• Results-Driven Delivery: Demonstrated track record of delivering complex, multi-platform projects on time and with high quality in an Agile environment.

At Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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.

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 company 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.

The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00-$286,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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