Walmart Distinguished Software Engineer - Generative AI Assistants 

United States, California, Sunnyvale 

178471619

What you'll do...

We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer to lead the next evolution of the AI assistant platform by defining and building highly scalable Generative AI systems and infrastructure. This will be a hands-on technical leadership role which requires expertise at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, machine learning, LLMs and more. Our AI assistants are rapidly incorporating LLMs and agent based architecture with custom fine tuned models.

What you'll do:

In this role, as a technical lead you will own the technical architecture and roadmap for the Conversational AI platform and Shopping Assistant. The list of responsibilities include

• Define the AI assistant architecture leveraging generative AI in a rapidly evolving ecosystem
• Partner with multiple teams as the senior platform architect and evangelize the architecture, enable integrations and support development of new AI assistants
• Be up-to date on industry trends in the lates generative AI and AI assistant architecture patterns (eg: agent chaining, COT, RAG, LLM guardrails etc)
• Work with the applied scientists, ML engineers, software engineers and product managers to develop next generation of AI assistant experiences.
• Be a thought leader of new GenAI capabilities, build prototypes to show case applications and evangelize with senior leaders and business partners.
• Benchmarking industry against internal processes and solutions defining software development guidelines, standards, and processes sponsoring, developing, and influencing continuous improvement initiatives and experiments with innovative technologies evaluating and negotiating with external vendors and services
• Oversee large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects by translating strategies and requirements into technical solutions
• Review and improve the teams operation excellence posture and identify improvement in engineering processes
• Partner closely with engineering directors and engineering managers to recruit, develop and retain the teams engineering staffs or experts in the owned cross cutting area.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience in the design, development, and delivery of software products with a large customer base, preferably in Conversational AI or machine learning based systems
• Deep and demonstrated personal interest in generative AI space including awareness of latest architectural advancements in building generative AI applications
• Strong track record in an architect role with large-scale software development data backed services and applications.
• A clear vision for architecture design and great communication skills to articulate that to all levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• Thorough understanding of distributed technologies, public cloud technologies, scalable platforms, ML- platforms and Operational Excellence.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
• Business acumen; combining technical vision with business insights.

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, 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.

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.

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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.

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The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include: - Stock Minimum Qualifications...

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Option 2: 8 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...

640 W California Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4828, United States of America