Senior Information Security Architect, AI & Cloud

StartupNWA; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) and stock purchase plan

Paid time off and leave programs

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Information Security, to set technical direction and lead secure, scalable platform development. You will drive cloud-native architecture, distributed systems engineering, and AI/ML integration while establishing patterns for high availability, security, and long-term scalability.

As a senior technical leader, you will influence decisions across teams, mentor engineers, and deliver durable technology solutions that advance the company’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area with 5 years of software engineering or related experience.
• 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and hands-on development of secure, scalable software platforms.
• Set technical direction translating complex requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
• Establish engineering patterns, coding standards, security controls, and best practices for availability, reliability, resiliency, and maintainability.
• Drive AI/ML and intelligent automation capabilities to modernize risk, compliance, and access governance.
• Lead technical design and code reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD, observability, and automation to improve software quality and operational excellence.
• Influence architecture and technology decisions across engineering, security, infrastructure, product, and business teams.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through hands-on leadership, reusable engineering patterns, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering

Information security

Cybersecurity principles

CI/CD pipelines

Test strategy

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Walmart is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Information Security, to set technical direction and lead secure, scalable platform development. You will drive cloud-native architecture, distributed systems engineering, and AI/ML integration while establishing patterns for high availability, security, and long-term scalability.

As a senior technical leader, you will influence decisions across teams, mentor engineers, and deliver durable technology solutions that advance the company’s