(USA) Senior Manager, Data Engineering
809 11th Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731
R-2404730
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$143,000 - $286,000/yr
Regular/Permanent
Salaried
Position Summary...
What youll do...
The Mission
At Sam's Club, we are no longer just building dashboards or static pipelines; we are building the "brain" of the retail experience. As the Senior Engineering Manager for Agentic Data, you will be at the forefront of the AI revolution. Your mission is to evolve our massive data ecosystem into a Semantic & Contextual Layer-the foundational intelligence that allows AI Agents to reason, plan, and act autonomously for millions of members. You arent just managing a team; you are architecting the bridge between raw data and autonomous action. You will lead the transition from traditional data structures to agent-ready environments, where data is not just stored, but understood in real-time.
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What You'll Do
• Architect the Semantic Future: Define the technical vision for a unified semantic layer that transforms structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data into context-aware representations (Embeddings, Knowledge Graphs, and Metadata) consumable by LLMs and multi-agent workflows. • Real-Time Agentic Intelligence: Own the streaming architecture that feeds our agents. You will leverage Kafka to build low-latency event-driven pipelines, ensuring agents have access to "up-to-the-second" member context and environmental state. • Champion Data Fundamentals: Ensure the bedrock of our AI strategy is built on elite Data Engineering principles. You will oversee the design of scalable schemas, partitioning strategies, and high-performance indexing that make petabyte-scale data accessible to reasoning models. • Build Agent-Ready Ecosystems: Lead the design of "Agentic Data" pipelines-ensuring that data provided to AI agents is high-fidelity, optimized for retrieval, and enriched with the necessary business logic to prevent hallucinations. • Strategic Leadership: Manage and mentor a high-performing team of engineers. You will bridge the gap between AI/ML Research, Product, and Platform Engineering to align data roadmaps with long-term autonomous decision-making goals. • Innovate Retrieval Systems: Own the strategy for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) at scale, optimizing how our agents discover and interact with Sams Club's vast proprietary knowledge base across both batch and streaming sources. • Establish Operational Excellence: Define standards for "Agentic Observability"-implementing telemetry, lineage, and auditability patterns specifically for autonomous and regulated AI workflows.
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What You'll Bring
• Experience: 7-10+ years in Data Engineering, building and operating large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant data platforms, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role. • Data Engineering Mastery: Deep-rooted expertise in Data Fundamentals. You must be an expert in data modeling (Star/Snowflake, Data Vault), storage formats (Parquet, Avro), and distributed computing concepts (sharding, replication, and CAP theorem). • Real-Time Expertise: Deep experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures. You understand how to manage state, schema evolution, and consistency in streaming environments (Kafka Streams, Flink, or Spark Streaming). • Semantic & AI Mastery: Deep familiarity with the modern AI stack-specifically Vector Databases (Pinecone, Milvus), Knowledge Graphs, and framework orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI). • Cloud Scale Mastery: Proven track record in GCP or Azure, utilizing BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub to handle petabyte-scale workloads. • Data Modeling for LLMs: Expert-level understanding of how schema choices, latency, and context window management impact AI reasoning and retrieval quality. • Engineering Rigor: Fluency in Python, Java, or Scala, with a deep engineering mindset around testability, maintainability, and high-performance system design.
Benefits & Perks
Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include:
401(k) match stock purchase plan paid maternity and parental leave PTO multiple health plans and much more
Equal Opportunity Employer
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 diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.
About Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face.
That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech.
We're a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world's largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption.
We're virtual
Working virtually this year has helped us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives and spend less time commuting. Today, we are reimagining the tech workplace of the future by making a permanent transition to virtual work for most of our team. Of course, being together in person is an important part of our culture and shared success. We'll collaborate in person at a regular cadence and with purpose.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U
Is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
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 and 5 years experience in software engineering or related field.
Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering or related field.
Option 3: Masters degree in Computer Science and 3 years experience in software engineering or related field.
4 years experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.
1 year's supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics, ETL tools and working with large data sets in the cloud, Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 5 years experience in software engineering or related field, 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
809 11th Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Walmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Benefits you'll enjoy
Discount Card
Get 10% off
Walmart associates are eligible for a 10% discount card on most regular-priced items and fresh produce in-store and on select items at Walmart.com. Eligible after 90 days of employment.
Live Better U
100% covered
Earn a degree or in-demand skills certificates with no debt- Walmart covers 100% of tuition and books. Live Better U offers 60+ programs for Associates to pursue their dreams.
Walmart Academy
Grow your skills
Ready to grow your career? Walmart Academy offers job-specific retail training and leadership courses to help Associates reach their career goals.
Financial perks
Enjoy 401(k) matching and stock purchase plans.
Paid time off
Take a break as needed for vacation, sick leave, holidays, parental leave, and more
Comprehensive health benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and wellness programs for you and your family
Wellbeing programs
Access mental health resources and assistance programs for life's challenges
Career growth opportunities
Training, leadership programs, and clear paths