Senior Software Engineer, Information Security

Walmart

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Bentonville, AR · Herndon, VA Posted 84 days ago $90,000–$180,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer on Walmart Global Tech’s Information Security Services team, you will design and build secure, resilient services and AI-driven workflows for the Golden Path initiative, focusing on enterprise security automation and compliance validations. Your daily tasks include creating and maintaining APIs for service-to-service communication, architecting scalable backend systems to process security control evidence, and developing telemetry pipelines to ensure audit integrity. You will also write SQL queries to manage data in a backend database, support infrastructure components like Agents and MCP servers, and collaborate with Product Security, Compliance, and Platform teams to automate thousands of validation tasks. The role requires expertise in Java or Python, microservices architecture, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and secure coding practices, as well as strong analytical skills and flexibility in adapting to new technical challenges.

Skills

Python Java SQL Kubernetes CI/CD AWS Docker Prometheus Grafana MCP Agentic IDEs SAST ASPM Container Scanners Telemetry Audit Pipelines Microservices APIs Backend Technologies Data Modeling Indexing Query Optimization Schema Design Performance Engineering Cloud Solutions Platforms

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain secure APIs for service-to-service and Agentic communications.
  • Architect backend systems to process and validate security control evidence.
  • Develop telemetry pipelines to ensure audit integrity and traceability.
  • Build scalable consumer APIs aggregating data from telemetry signals and sensors.
  • Write SQL queries to manage data ingestion, updates, and retrieval in the backend.
  • Manage and support infrastructure components for Security controls and Golden Path ecosystem.

What we're looking for

  • Expert software engineering skills with experience in building scalable and secure enterprise applications using microservices and APIs.
  • Proficiency in Java or Python, along with expertise in database management including data modeling and query optimization.
  • Experience designing agents, MCP servers, and integrating security tools like SAST, ASPM, and container scanners.
  • Knowledge of service-to-service security, telemetry pipelines, and secure architectural patterns.
  • Ability to develop scalable APIs and data pipelines for gathering and aggregating security control data.

Market check

Salary context

This $90,000–$180,000 range sits above 17% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$209,330

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,050–$197,562

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

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