Director Engineering Walmart eCommerce Sunnyvale

Job Description
As the Director of Engineering you would be responsible for providing technical leadership around Site Management. Assess, recommend, build and integrate with best-of-breed, off-the-shelf commercial and open-source software components He/She will lead to meet business needs, review and recommend technologies from both global software providers, open source as well as in-country specialized products, for inclusion into the platform. He/She will work with key members of the management team to define and drive technical strategy and architectural direction for the eCommerce platform. He/She will also be responsible to drive the design methodology of the software development process and ensure adoption within Walmart technology partners

Position Description
Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics
Develops and executes technical software development strategy for ecommerce applications and systems using current business roadmap
Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals
Ensures product quality
Executes engineering projects
Provides overall direction for Engineering
Reduces customer impact (for example, sales loss) due to applications systems issues


Minimum Qualifications
10+ years of solid hands-on technical understanding and grasp of technologies for the Web environment
10+ years of proven system analysis and design skills
7+ years of experience with building large scale eCommerce systems
5+ years of experience with presentation technologies used to build web and mobile applications
5+ years of experience with third-party / backend systems integration with the store front
Knowledge of Call center applications and Order management applications
6+ years of experience working in a multi-tenant or “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS) eCommerce company
Proven ability to work with outsourced technology partners based in multiple, global locations
5+ years of experience working in a multi-country eCommerce or technology implementation
Experience designing systems for extremely high traffic and transaction volumes
Experience in similar roles at prominent Internet companies, with detailed knowledge about scaling issues and solutions