(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

As a Staff Software Engineer on the AI Safety team within Information Security, you will design solutions for Walmart to evaluate, monitor, and govern AI systems responsibly. This role sits at the intersection of systems engineering and AI governance — you will build the observability platforms, evaluation pipelines, and safety tooling making it possible to detect harmful, biased, or non-compliant AI behavior before and after deployment. You'll bring demonstrated engineering depth and the judgment to translate safety and governance requirements into production-grade systems. You are equally comfortable writing infrastructure-as-code, defining evaluation criteria, and contributing to the policy standards your tooling enforces. About the team: The AI Safety team at Walmart ensures that artificial intelligence solutions deployed globally are trustworthy, fair, and under meaningful human oversight. This team establishes responsible AI standards at scale by developing technical and organizational safety controls that enable accountability. As AI technologies become more advanced and integrated into critical decisions affecting millions, the team safeguards safety across this evolving landscape. Collaborating closely with stakeholders, the team applies expertise in software architecture, scalability, and cloud security to maintain robust, secure, and reliable AI systems that protect customers, associates, and partners worldwide.

Requirements

AI Safety & Governance Frameworks - Working familiarity with NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and OWASP LLM Top 10.
Secure Engineering Practices - Understanding of secure software development principles and ability to integrate security and safety requirements into system design from the outset.
Observability & Monitoring Engineering - Hands-on experience building production observability systems. Familiarity with logging, metrics, alerting, and anomaly detection patterns applicable to AI/ML system outputs.
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering - Operational experience with Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform.
AI Safety & Evaluation FundamentalsUnderstanding of AI failure modes relevant to responsible deployment
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 4years’ 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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Design and build AI evaluation infrastructure — develop pipelines and tooling that assess AI application for safety-relevant properties including output reliability, harmful content generation, fairness characteristics, and behavioral consistency.
Develop AI safety tooling and automation — create automated evaluation workflow enabling safety checks for AI development
Contribute to AI safety standards and policy — translate safety requirements from frameworks including NIST AI RMF and OWASP
Write clear technical documentation — produce implementation guides that enable engineering teams to build safety-aware AI systems consistently.
Collaborate across teams — work with AI/ML engineers, product teams, Legal, Compliance to ensure safety requirements are understood and implemented effectively.

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.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include : - Stock