(USA) Director, Software Engineering

at  Sams Club

Position Summary…
What you’ll do…
In this role, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and guiding scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions across our technology ecosystem, ensuring alignment with industry trends, while maintaining a focus on innovation, usability, and business alignment.
As a Director of Software Engineering, you own building scalable data infrastructure, creating durable data assets and data products, ensuring data quality and governance, and facilitating data-driven decision-making to support the strategic vision of Sam’s Club’s people organization. You will lead a diverse, global organization. You will collaborate and partner with multiple data science and platform engineering teams, as well as product and business teams across the organization.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Sam’s Club 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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, 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 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!

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• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage

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• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance

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• 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.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices .

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• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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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.
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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.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart .
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The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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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 and6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
3 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 4 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.

• Lead the design and architecture for multiple products, ensuring cross-system integration, reusability, and alignment with technical priorities.
• Guide the team on coding best practices, frameworks, and tools to ensure scalability, automation, and security across applications.
• Drive application maintenance, re-engineering, and documentation, ensuring smooth operational performance and quick troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to capture requirements and manage the scoping, prioritization, and delivery of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).
• Define and implement effective testing strategies, environments, and tools to ensure application functionality, usability, and quality.