Lavanya Manivannan
Bentonville,AR
Summary
Technology leader specializing in AI, software engineering, and supply chain optimization. Demonstrated success in scaling engineering teams and executing complex initiatives. Expertise in utilizing data and automation to enhance associate experiences and drive business value. Recognized for aligning strategic vision with technical execution in enterprise settings.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
05.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented a scalable solution for the Enterprise Inventory Platform using cloud technologies like GCP and distributed messaging systems with Apache Kafka for real-time, high-throughput data management.
- Established robust observability and monitoring frameworks, ensuring production reliability through comprehensive logging, alerting, and automated recovery mechanisms.
- Drove adoption of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps best practices to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and streamline operations.
- Demonstrated strong leadership by hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering talent, driving architectural reviews, and establishing engineering best practices aligned with organizational goals.
- Partnered with product, business, and operations teams, communicated technical concepts to stakeholders, and managed technical debt, cost, scalability, and performance for long-term operational excellence.
Senior Manager
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
09.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed a team of 20+ Engineers to develop and enhances Order Management System in Replenishment system for international markets, resulting in increased 20% of customer adoption for Nova application
- Spearheaded technical vision and Strategy, continuous integration, continuous deployment and automation to reduce deployment time and improve stability for Replenishment Domain
- Mentored and coached team members to improve technical skills and leadership abilities, resulting in increase in team member retention and a 15% improvement in team satisfaction scores.
- Managed Stakeholder Management, Cross functional teams to ensure delivery on time and within budget.
- Championed cross-functional collaboration, enhancing communication and project efficiency.
STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
06.2019 - 09.2021
- Developed Continues Integration and Continues Deployment Pipeline for Next Gen Replenishment applications such as Order Well, ASPEN
- Developed scalable software solutions using modern programming languages and frameworks.
- Analyzed system performance, identifying areas for optimization and improvement.
STAFF Software ENGINEER
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
06.2017 - 06.2019
- Developed scalable software solutions for mobile applications and customer engagement.
- Managed Intake of requirements, user stories and development tasks, assigns tasks to development team, and monitors and reports status of development tasks
- Managed product team of 6 people.
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
Bentonville, AR
04.2016 - 07.2017
- Led code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Developed scalable software solutions for retail operations and customer engagement.
- Implemented automated testing frameworks to improve software quality and reduce errors.
Automation Architect
Accenture LLC
Bentonville, AR
03.2012 - 04.2016
- Designed innovative architectural solutions for diverse client projects at Accenture.
- Implemented UI automation using Selenium web driver, Page Object Model framework for UI automation
- Mentored and Trained Quality Engineering teams to adapt Big Testing frameworks.
Automation Lead
IBM
Bentonville, AR
09.2010 - 02.2012
- Implemented UI automation using Selenium web driver, Page Object Model framework for UI automation
- Mentored and Trained Quality Engineering teams to adapt Big Testing frameworks.
- Following Safe (Scaled Agile Framework) Methodology of work
Programmer Analyst
Margins Plus
Deer Park, NY
02.2005 - 09.2010
- Collaborated with engineers to design and test robust technical solutions, enhancing system reliability.
- Identified automation opportunities, streamlining processes and increasing efficiency across teams.
Education
Masters - Computer Science
University of Madras
Skills
Leadership System Design Agile Delivery Hiring & Coaching Cross-Functional Collaboration Cloud & DevOps Technical Strategy Stakeholder Management Data-Driven Execution Java Spring boot Node JS Python Kafka Incident Management Automation & Toil Reduction Cloud Infrastructure Observability SLO-Driven Operations CI/CD Capacity Planning
Timeline
Senior Manager
Walmart
05.2023 - Current
Senior Manager
Walmart
09.2021 - 04.2023
STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Walmart
06.2019 - 09.2021
STAFF Software ENGINEER
Walmart
06.2017 - 06.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Walmart
04.2016 - 07.2017
Automation Architect
Accenture LLC
03.2012 - 04.2016
Automation Lead
IBM
09.2010 - 02.2012
Programmer Analyst
Margins Plus
02.2005 - 09.2010
Masters - Computer Science
University of Madras