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This role involves driving the full software development lifecycle, aligning technical efforts with strategic roadmaps, and fostering engineering excellence through mentorship and collaboration. The position requires expertise in distributed system design, AI/ML integration, and technical leadership to ensure high availability, reliability, and innovation. 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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.\nWe 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.\nWe’re back to work\nWalmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. 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