(USA) Senior Manager - Agentic Workflow Architecture and at Bentonville, Arkansas

Job Title

This role leads the design and delivery of scalable, reliable agentic workflow systems that connect intelligent decision-making with real-world operational actions. You will architect reusable automation platforms, enable safe testing and simulation, and partner with Global Tech to ensure production-ready, enterprise-grade solutions.

What You'll Do

• Architect, design and implement multi-step, multi-agent workflows with built-in state management, retries, escalation paths, and human-in-the-loop controls
• Build and maintain reference workflows and testing environments for development, simulation, and replay
• Architect secure, high-performance, and scalable distributed systems aligned to business objectives
• Develop tools for scenario testing, failure modeling, and workflow explainability
• Establish reusable patterns, standards, and best practices for agent orchestration and automation
• Stay at the forefront of technological advancements, conducting research to identify emerging tools and methodologies
• Partner with Global Tech, Product, UX, QA, and DevOps to ensure production readiness, monitoring, and governance
• Lead technical documentation, readiness reviews, and handoffs as systems transition to long-term ownership

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale, distributed, event-driven systems
• Proven expertise in building complex workflow, orchestration, or agent-based platforms with state management, resilience, and human-in-the-loop controls
• Deep system design and architecture skills, with a track record of delivering secure, high-performance, and highly available platforms
• Strong hands-on experience with API platforms, microservices, cloud-native architectures, and modern CI/CD practices
• Demonstrated ability to design testable, explainable, and auditable systems using simulation, replay, and failure modeling techniques
• Experience establishing reusable technical patterns, governance models, and engineering standards across multiple teams
• Ability to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions and influence cross-functional partners
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with experience leading technical reviews, readiness assessments, and production handoffs
• Curiosity and growth mindset, with a history of researching, evaluating, and applying emerging technologies to real-world systems

Additional Comments

This role is ideal for a senior technical leader who enjoys bridging strategy, architecture, and execution. You will play a critical early-stage ownership role, shaping how intelligent workflows are built and scaled across the organization, before transitioning mature systems to Global Tech. Experience with agentic systems, regulated environments and hybrid rule/ML platforms is highly valued.

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.