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Job Description

As a Walmart Distinguished Engineer, you will spearhead the development of the next generation of payroll systems for over 2 million associates. In this role, you will have the opportunity to set the technical direction for a team that integrates with 50+ systems to ensure seamless, accurate, and timely payments for all associates, while eliminating defects and manual touchpoints. As a leader in the Payroll Integrations space, you'll work closely with senior leadership across multiple organizations to shape the future of payroll technology, driving innovation and efficiency at scale, and delivering on ambitious goals like 90% year-on-year defect reduction. If you're ready to lead transformative change in one of the largest companies in the world, we want to hear from you. Join us and be a driving force in revolutionizing the payroll landscape for millions and help us take care of our Associates as our Associates take care of our customers.

Responsibilities:

Set the technical direction for multiple teams and systems, and disambiguate large complex problems at Walmart scale to enable the team to deliver.

Collaborate with engineering and business leadership to align technology and business priorities.

Establish and own both business as well as well operational excellence goals, and help define the path to goal achievement.

Invest in creating engineering leaders and set up culture of engineering excellence for multiple teams.

Collaborate with engineering leadership across Walmart Global Tech to influence global best practices and be a spokesperson for the org.

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Skills and Requirements

At least 12+ years of relevant industry experience in building highly available systems.

Demonstrated end-to-end ownership from inception to launch of multiple complex and ambiguous projects.

Effective problem-solving skills, ability to make design tradeoffs, balancing the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of design decisions.

Expertise in service-oriented architecture.

Expertise with Relational and/or NoSQL Databases and use of Cloud Services.

Experience with CI/CD and Operational Excellence best practices.

Effective communication and collaboration skills, including consensus building, conflict resolution, influence and persuasion skills.

Mentoring/coaching junior engineers in technical problem solving and career advancement.