(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security(Agentic Identity)

Walmart Inc.; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Stock purchase

Company-paid life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Walmart in Bentonville, AR seeks a Staff Software Engineer, Information Security, to design scalable, secure software aligned with business goals. The role focuses on agent identity, authentication, and authorization within a global AI ecosystem.

You will implement patterns for delegated authority, least privilege, and adaptive authorization, and establish governance, observability, and telemetry across services. Collaboration with security and platform teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating enterprise-scale systems.
• Understanding of identity, authentication, and authorization at enterprise scale.
• Understanding of agentic AI architectures and NHI lifecycle management (provisioning, attestation, rotation, decommissioning).
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native identity, workload identity, service-to-service auth, and API security.
• Experience building, operating distributed services with high reliability and strong security posture.
• Automation skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell)
• Infrastructure/CI security fundamentals.
• Strong system design, technical leadership, and cross-team communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of services supporting agent identity, authentication, and authorization.
• Deliver secure patterns for delegated authority, least privilege, and adaptive authorization for agentic workflows.
• Implement governance controls to evaluate trust of an agentic workload at build and runtime.
• Build automation for agent identity lifecycle, credential issuance/rotation, and governance controls.
• Define and implement observability, auditing, and compliance controls for agent actions (telemetry, attribution, lineage).
• Drive engineering best practices: secure coding, design reviews, and operational readiness.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to technical planning, and influence standards across teams.
• Partner with platform, product, and security teams to deliver secure AI capabilities for the organization end-to-end.

Skills

Software architecture

Security engineering

Cloud-native identity

CI/CD

Leadership

Cross-team communication

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

6 years of software engineering experience (alternative)

Job description

Position Summary

The Staff Software Engineer, Information Security, plays a critical role in designing and implementing scalable, secure software solutions aligned with business objectives. This position requires expertise in software architecture, continuous integration, and stakeholder management to ensure robust, high-availability systems. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional partners to analyze requirements, mitigate risks, and drive innovation while maintaining compliance with quality and security standards. The engineer will lead efforts in coding, testing, and troubleshooting to deliver reliable products that meet evolving technical and business needs within a dynamic environment.

About the team

This team specializes in designing, building, and scaling identity, authentication, and authorization solutions for agentic AI ecosystems. Focused on Non-Human Identity, the team develops AI identity control planes, identity governance, continuous authentication, risk-based access control, and adaptive authorization at a global scale. Leveraging expertise in software architecture, scalability, and stakeholder management, the team ensures secure and efficient identity services. Members collaborate to create robust, scalable systems that support evolving business needs while maintaining high standards of security and performance across complex environments.

What you'll do

• Lead the design and implementation of services supporting agent identity, authentication, and authorization.
• Deliver secure patterns for delegated authority, least privilege, and adaptive authorization for agentic workflows.
• Implement governance controls to evaluate trust of an agentic workload at build and runtime.
• Build automation for agent identity lifecycle, credential issuance/rotation, and governance controls.
• Define and implement observability, auditing, and compliance controls for agent actions (telemetry, attribution, lineage).
• Drive engineering best practices: secure coding, design reviews, and operational readiness.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to technical planning, and influence standards across teams.
• Partner with platform, product, and security teams to deliver secure AI capabilities for the organization end-to-end.

What you'll bring

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating enterprise-scale systems.
• Understanding of identity, authentication, and authorization at enterprise scale.
• Understanding of agentic AI architectures and NHI lifecycle management (provisioning, attestation, rotation, decommissioning).
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native identity, workload identity, service-to-service auth, and API security.
• Experience building, operating distributed services with high reliability and strong security posture.
• Automation skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell)
• Infrastructure/CI security fundamentals.
• Strong system design, technical leadership, and cross-team communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP identity platforms and their workload identity primitives.
• Experience with Kubernetes workload identity, service mesh, or distributed policy enforcement.
• Experience building business-critical platforms in regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, retail)

Benefits

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. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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.

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

Bentonville, Arkansas US-09050: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

Herndon, Virginia US-10710: The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00 - $264,000.00. 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, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
• Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC, Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or related area and 2 years’ experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location

805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.