STAFF, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

1d•$110,000 - $220,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join the team at the forefront of transforming Secrets Management at Walmart. The Secrets team is responsible for building and managing platform solutions that empower Walmart’s applications and workloads with secure, unified, and compliant Vault products. Our mission is to simplify access to sensitive information, automate protection, and enable rapid, safe response to security events—eliminating complexity and strengthening our security posture across the enterprise. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native secrets management solutions that support Walmart’s vast technology ecosystem and drive innovation in how secrets are managed at scale. If you are passionate about security, automation, and building robust platform services, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey. The Secrets team is a specialized platform engineering group at Walmart focused on building, operating, and evolving enterprise-grade secrets management solutions. We design and manage Vault products that securely store and deliver sensitive information—such as passwords, API keys, and certificates—to applications and services across Walmart’s global technology landscape. Our team collaborates closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure seamless integration, automation, and compliance, while driving innovation in how secrets are managed at scale. We are passionate about delivering secure, reliable, and developer-friendly solutions that empower teams to move faster and safer.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in the design and development of highly scalable, secure platform solutions in product-based companies or R&D divisions.
Strong computer systems fundamentals, data structures/algorithms, and problem-solving skills.
Deep programming expertise in Golang.
Strong experience with Kubernetes internals, APIs, operator patterns, and cloud-native development.
Experience architecting and building distributed systems, with a focus on security, scalability, and fault tolerance.
Hands-on experience with secrets management platforms (Vault, Akeyless, or equivalents) and a solid understanding of security best practices.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, etc.), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Helm), and certificate lifecycle management (cert-manager, Venafi, etc.).
Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team initiatives, influence stakeholders, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills, with a passion for mentoring and developing others.
Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.) and a strong commitment to operational excellence.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.

Nice To Haves

Additional experience in Java, Python, or similar languages.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
Knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
Knowledge of accessibility best practices and joining Walmart to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL and database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.).

Responsibilities

Understand business problems related to secrets management and propose robust, scalable technological solutions.
Architect, design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade secrets management platforms (Vault, Akeyless, etc.) at scale, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.
Design, develop, and deploy highly available and scalable systems with a focus on cloud-native and Kubernetes-based solutions for secrets lifecycle automation (onboarding, policy management, auditing, monitoring).
Develop and optimize platform components and automation tools using Golang, Kubernetes APIs, and other cloud-native technologies, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Architect and implement microservices-based solutions using service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles, with a focus on secure secret delivery and management.
Deploy and manage secrets management solutions on Azure and other cloud platforms, leveraging Kubernetes and related technologies.
Drive best practices in CI/CD, DevOps, and operational excellence for seamless deployments and system reliability.
Collaborate cross-functionally with security, platform, and application teams to define system architecture, integration strategies, and development roadmaps.
Provide technical leadership, making design trade-offs to balance long-term scalability with short-term execution needs.
Lead incident reviews, root cause analysis, and postmortems for critical platform issues, ensuring learnings are translated into long-term improvements.
Mentor and guide engineers within the team, fostering technical growth and a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Stay current with industry trends in secrets management, cloud security, and Kubernetes, and proactively introduce new technologies and approaches where appropriate.

Benefits

Incentive awards for performance
Maternity and parental leave
PTO
Health benefits (medical, vision, and dental coverage)
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
Paid time off benefits (including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting)
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities, covering high school completion to bachelor's degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates; tuition, books, and fees completely paid for by Walmart)
Annual or quarterly performance bonuses
Stock