Distinguished, Software Engineer

Deep expertise in IAM concepts and systems: authentication, authorization (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC), federation (OIDC/OAuth2/SAML), MFA, session management, and identity governance.

Proven track record leading architecture for large-scale, mission-critical platforms with high availability, low latency, and strong security guarantees.

Strong security fundamentals, including threat modeling, zero-trust principles, least privilege, secrets management, encryption, and secure-by-design practices.

Experience designing distributed systems in cloud and hybrid environments, including multi-region resiliency, disaster recovery, and data residency considerations.

Demonstrated ability to influence across organizations—driving alignment among engineering, product, security, and operations stakeholders.

Expertise in platform engineering practices: APIs, developer experience, versioning, SLAs/SLOs, observability, and operational excellence.

Ability to lead complex technical programs spanning multiple teams, with strong prioritization and execution discipline.

Strong mentoring and technical leadership skills, with a history of raising the bar for senior/staff-level engineers.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate trade-offs to executive and non-technical audiences.

(Preferred) Experience with modern authorization approaches (policy engines, fine-grained entitlements), machine identity/workload identity, and emerging identity needs for AI-driven systems.

Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and API documentation (e.g., Swagger/OpenAPI), container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, distributed messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SNS/SQS), NoSQL databases (Cosmos DB, Cassandra, MongoDB)

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 experts 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.

Flexible Work

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our Bangalore office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

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.