Distinguished, Software Engineer - Identity Management and AgenticAI

Position Summary...

We are in search of a Distinguished Software Engineer to assume a leading role in Walmart's Runtime Platform Core Services - PRISM team. This high-level position will be at the forefront of our cutting-edge technology initiatives, driving the development of runtime platform support for AgenticAI and Unified Identity initiatives at Walmart,

What you'll do...

We are seeking an enthusiastic Distinguished, Software Engineer, individual contributor for Run Time Platform organization specializing in Identity and Access Management, runtime platform support for AgenticAI and Microservices. The Distinguished Engineer will be responsible for leading, communicating, tracking, and mentoring the Engineering team to successfully implement those visions. This Position will report to our Group Director and will work closely with other distinguished engineers, principal and staff engineers across different products. We are a close-knit team, focusing on challenging problems that make a difference in our business. There will also be minimal travel associated with this role (twice a year). We concentrate on high-impact, high-value development, and in this role, you’ll be delivering the software that plays a pivotal role in managing Walmart’s run time platform for all the stores and eCommerce business. We pride ourselves on working in a collaborative environment, and associate will work closely with our engineers in Bengaluru Development Center.
About Team:
Building the right technology foundation for Infrastructure & platforms is vital to success at the scale of Walmart. Our team builds and maintains the foundational technologies that support the tech organization. Included in this are data platforms, enterprise architecture, DevOps, cloud computing, and infrastructure. All of these products and services are supported by scalable and powerful infrastructure, ensuring a secure and seamless employee and customer experience across stores, digital channels, and distribution centers.

What you'll do:

• Leadership: Hands on in building, leading, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Technology Expert: Deeply understand the technology at play. In depth knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), intricacies of providing runtime platform support for AgenticAI ( Agents, MCP servers/tools) and Microservices including ServiceMesh, etc. Keeping updated with newly evolving agent technologies is a must.
• Collaboration: Foster effective communication and collaboration across teams and stakeholders. Act as a liaison between the engineering team and other business functions to align priorities, address challenges, and manage risks.
• Drive: Drive improvements to development practices, including planning, architecture, documentation, and testing.
• Product Ownership: Own design, development, and delivery of core runtime platform support for agents and mcp servers including identity, authentication, authorization, policy enforcement and routing in partnership with product managers and business partners.
• By 3 Months… You will have Established relationships with key individual contributors, and peers. You will have a Solid understanding of the existing components and feature plans, and you will be actively driving architecture and planning for upcoming projects.
• By 6 to 12 months… You will start driving at least 3 key initiatives from architecture and design point of view and would have established relationships with all the stake holders across Walmart global tech.

What you'll bring:

• Proven leadership in backend development, with recent hands-on experience.
• Strong experience in IAM and Microservices domain and industry knowledge of different products in this area like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity, Envoy, Istio, etc.
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience working with different public clouds like Azure, GCP etc.
• Spearhead sub-groups in identifying and implementing short- and long-term solutions, approving proposed solutions, innovating architectural patterns, and conducting design and code reviews.
• Ability to assume full ownership at the module and product level.
• Mastery of at least one of the following languages: Java, C++, Golang, Rust, Python, Scala, ReactJS, Node.js.
• Extensive exp