About Team

Ads is the fastest-growing organization in Walmart, growing ~40% year over year, and is the 2nd largest retail media business in the industry. It operates the flywheel for Walmart’s business. The AdTech engineering team in Chennai is a key part of this organization, building and running the technology that serves advertisers, suppliers and customers at scale.

The AdTech team builds a best-in-class, in-house technology stack – including DSP, SSP, DMP and real-time auctioning – and solves problems at very high scale and complexity. The team is known for innovation and AI transformation, and operates with the agility of a nimble startup while delivering at Walmart scale.

What You'll Do

Serve as the Site Lead for Ads and Walmart Plus (W+) in Chennai: set the site vision, culture and operating rhythm, attract and retain top talent, and represent the site with global leadership.

Own functional leadership of Offsite Ads engineering from Chennai, defining the technical strategy, multi-year roadmap and architecture for DSP, SSP, DMP and real-time auctioning platforms.





Partner with US product, business and engineering leaders to set organizational priorities, align roadmaps and drive cross-geography execution and accountability for business outcomes.

Lead and scale the Chennai organization (~30 members today) through managers and senior technical leaders; build the leadership pipeline and succession plans.

Drive operational excellence for platforms that serve ads in real time at very high scale – availability, latency, reliability, security, privacy and cost efficiency.

Ensure robust large-scale data processing (batch and streaming) that powers targeting, measurement, attribution and reporting, with robust data quality and governance.

Champion AI/ML-led innovation across the ad platforms and AI-first engineering practices to improve advertiser outcomes and developer productivity.

Translate business strategy and advertiser needs into a prioritized portfol

📌 Senior Director, Software Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Walmart Global Tech India
📍 Chennai