Position Summary...
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
What you'll do...
About the team 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. What You’ll Do:
- 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.
What You’ll bring:
- 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 (preferred), with additional experience in Java, Python, or similar languages a plus.
- 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.).
- Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL and database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.) is a plus.
- 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.
About Walmart Global Tech Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail. Benefits Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in- class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more. Belonging We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone. At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate. Equal Opportunity Employer Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people. 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 :
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Minimum Qualifications...
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Option 1: 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. Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
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, 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...
2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, 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.