Role Summary
As a Distinguished Engineer in Walmart's Data & AI Organization, you are one of the most senior technical leaders responsible for defining the long-term architecture, strategy, and execution of enterprise-scale data, AI, and software platforms. You combine deep expertise in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, AI Platforms, Security, Governance, and Enterprise Architecture to build trusted, scalable, and AI-ready systems that power Walmart's customer, associate, and business experiences globally.
You operate with Executive-level influence, driving cross-organizational technology decisions, shaping engineering standards, and solving the most complex technical and business challenges. You are expected to be hands-on, leading architectural design, reviewing code, guiding platform strategy, driving security and compliance by design, and mentoring senior technical talent across the organization.
What You’ll Do
Enterprise Data & AI Strategy
- Define and execute the multi-year technology vision for Data, AI, Agentic AI, Analytics, Real-Time Platforms, and Customer Data ecosystems.
- Align platform strategy with Walmart's enterprise AI, data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, and business objectives.
- Drive standardization, platformization, and modernization initiatives across multiple product and engineering organizations.
Architecture & Platform Leadership
- Architect global-scale data and software platforms supporting batch, streaming, AI/ML, Agentic AI, and real-time processing workloads.
- Design highly scalable, secure, resilient, and observable systems spanning Data Lakes, Data Products, APIs, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, and AI and Agentic Platforms.
- Serve as the final technical authority on complex architectural decisions affecting multiple organizations and markets.
Security, Governance & Trust
- Champion security-by-design, privacy-by-design, and responsible AI principles across platforms and products.
- Establish enterprise standards for identity, access management, data governance, lineage, compliance, risk mitigation, and operational resilience.
- Partner with Information Security, Privacy, Legal, and Infrastructure teams to ensure platforms meet regulatory and enterprise requirements.
Engineering Excellence
- Raise the engineering bar across Data Engineering and Software Engineering disciplines.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, Reliability Engineering, Testing Automation, and AI-assisted development.
- Lead architecture reviews, code reviews, design reviews, and operational excellence initiatives
AI & Innovation Leadership
- Enable enterprise-scale AI and Agentic AI capabilities through reusable platforms, metadata foundations, governance frameworks, evaluation systems, and secure integration patterns.
- Drive innovation in areas such as intelligent automation, AI-ready data platforms, knowledge systems, and next-generation engineering productivity tools.
- Influence the adoption of emerging technologies while balancing risk, scalability, maintainability, and business value.
Organizational Leadership
- Mentor Principal, Staff, and Senior Engineers across the organization.
- Build strong technical communities, promote knowledge sharing, and develop future engineering leaders.
- Foster a culture of innovation, inclusion, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
What You’ll Bring
- 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, or Enterprise Architecture.
- Proven expertise building and operating large-scale data platforms, real-time systems, and cloud-native applications.
- Deep understanding of enterprise data architecture, AI/ML platforms, security architecture, governance, and software engineering best practices.
- Strong hands-on coding experience in Java, Scala, Python, SQL, and modern cloud technologies.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide architecture and platform transformations.
- Experience influencing senior executives and driving alignment across large engineering organizations without direct authority.
- Proven track record of mentoring senior technical leaders and scaling engineering excellence.
- Experience building enterprise Data & AI platforms supporting analytics, personalization, customer intelligence, optimization, and Agentic AI solutions.
- Expertise in data platform modernization, platform engineering, security engineering, and cloud transformation.
- Experience operating across global markets and highly regulated environments. • Contributions to patents, publications, open-source projects, or industry thought leadership.
- Previous experience as a Chief Architect, Distinguished Engineer, Fellow, or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
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.
Work
Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Chennai office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.
Benefits
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.
At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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.
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 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.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.Primary Location...Tower 1, Part Of 1st, 2nd To 4th Flrs, Intl Tech Park Radial Road (radial It Park Pvt Ltd), , India
