Principal, Software Engineer, Information Security
Walmart · Bengaluru · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-04-08
Tech stack: AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Python
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About the role
Job Summary We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to architect, own, and deliver identity, authentication, and authorization solutions for agentic AI ecosystems. This role focuses on non-human identity (NHI), with focus on AI identity control plane, AI identity governance, continuous authentication, risk-based access control, and adaptive authorization on a global scale.
Responsibilities:
- Own and evolve AI identity reference architectures.
- Architect and implement secure identity solutions for agentic AI systems.
- Design and enforce delegated authority and adaptive authorization models.
- Implement continuous authentication and risk-based access control.
- Build automation for agent identity lifecycle and credential governance.
- Define observability, audit, and compliance controls for agent actions.
- Mentor engineers and drive engineering standards.
- Partner with platform and security teams to deliver secure AI capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Skills / Capabilities
- 10+ years of Software Engineering experience building and deploying enterprise scale systems.
- 3+ years of experience in Identity, authentication and authorization at enterprise scale.
- Strong understanding of agentic AI architectures and Non-Human Identity lifecycle management.
- Experience designing continuous authentication and runtime trust evaluation.
- Hands-on experience with adaptive authorization and policy-as-code.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native identity, workload identity, and API security.
- Experience building and operating distributed identity services.
- Solid automation skills (Python, PowerShell).
- Strong design and cross-team communication skills.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP identity platforms.
- Kubernetes workload identity or service mesh experience.
- Prior experience in regulated industries.
Qualifications
- Skills / Capabilities
- 10+ years of Software Engineering experience building and deploying enterprise scale systems.
- 3+ years of experience in Identity, authentication and authorization at enterprise scale.
- Strong understanding of agentic AI architectures and Non-Human Identity lifecycle management.
- Experience designing continuous authentication and runtime trust evaluation.
- Hands-on experience with adaptive authorization and policy-as-code.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native identity, workload identity, and API security.
- Experience building and operating distributed identity services.
- Solid automation skills (Python, PowerShell).
- Strong design and cross-team communication skills.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP identity platforms.
- Kubernetes workload identity or service mesh experience.
- Prior experience in regulated industries.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve AI identity reference architectures.
- Architect and implement secure identity solutions for agentic AI systems.
- Design and enforce delegated authority and adaptive authorization models.
- Implement continuous authentication and risk-based access control.
- Build automation for agent identity lifecycle and credential governance.
- Define observability, audit, and compliance controls for agent actions.
- Mentor engineers and drive engineering standards.
- Partner with platform and security teams to deliver secure AI capabilities.