Walmart - Sunnyvale, CA
posted 4 months ago
The Senior Manager, Software Engineering position is a pivotal role within the Advertising Technology group, which is dedicated to connecting supplier brands with retail shoppers at an unprecedented scale. This team comprises highly motivated engineers and data scientists who work in an agile environment to tackle complex and impactful challenges. The group is responsible for serving billions of ad requests each month through high-performance ad servers, and they develop sophisticated data systems that ingest, model, analyze, and optimize vast amounts of data derived from online and in-store user activities and transactions. The focus is on leveraging cutting-edge machine learning, data mining, and optimization algorithms to enhance customer and advertiser experiences. In this role, the Senior Manager will lead the Display Ad Manager engineering team in building the next generation of omni-advertising platforms that deliver performance and value at scale. The successful candidate will take ownership of major components of the display advertising solution, ensuring alignment with other teams, and guiding architectural and technological decisions both within the team and across the wider organization. The position requires a strong emphasis on quality software solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce waste for associates and members. The Senior Manager will collaborate closely with Program and Product Managers, as well as Scrum Champions, to ensure that engineering tasks are prioritized and executed effectively. They will also be responsible for directing root cause analyses of critical business and production issues, ensuring that software quality engineering practices are upheld, and keeping the engineering team informed about best practices, automated testing, and proactive production support.