(USA) Principal, Software Engineer, Information Security

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

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About The Position

As a Principal Software Engineer, Information Security, you will set technical direction and lead the architecture, design, and hands-on development of secure, scalable platform capabilities. You will drive cloud-native architecture, distributed systems engineering, and AI/ML integration while establishing engineering patterns that enable high availability, reliability, security, and long-term platform scalability.

As a senior technical leader and key contributor, you will solve complex engineering challenges, influence architectural decisions across teams, and mentor and develop engineering talent. Your expertise will help advance the technology vision, accelerate innovation, and raise the bar for engineering and operational excellence.

Risk & Compliance Engineering builds secure, scalable platforms that strengthen access governance and compliance across Walmart’s technology ecosystem. Its work spans access governance, certifications, privileged access, automation, and compliance capabilities for critical systems. The team combines modern platform engineering, cloud technologies, automation, and AI/ML to address complex security challenges at scale, working across Information Security, Engineering, Infrastructure, and business teams to improve security, audit readiness, operational efficiency, and the associate experience.

Requirements

• Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related area and 5 years of experience in software engineering or a related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
• Option 2: 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
• Extensive software engineering experience focused on information security and IT security architecture.
• Ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, security controls, and business continuity planning.
• Expertise in coding standards, debugging, and implementing CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
• Skill in test strategy development, defect management, and quality assurance processes.
• Ability to analyze business needs and translate them into functional and technical designs.
• Stakeholder management and communication skills to influence technical outcomes and foster collaboration.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC.
• Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related area and 3 years of experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects.
• Background creating inclusive digital experiences and knowledge of implementing WCAG 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and hands-on development of secure, scalable software platforms aligned with business and security requirements.
• Set technical direction by 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.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• PTO and/or PPTO usable for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefit, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal