Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer with exceptional cross-functional (XFN) experience and capabilities to join the Cortex XSOAR backend engineering group. Our group is focused on developing, innovating, and scaling the Cortex XSOAR product, along with leveraging and contributing to shared Cortex infrastructures and components.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, reporting to the Director Manager of the group, you will lead and shape the future of the product.

We are seeking a highly motivated team player with proven experience in building large-scale products and exceptional XFN capabilities. At our core, we value a can-do attitude and passion for solving complex problems. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, drive innovation, and serve as a focal point within the team. Above all, we're looking for a great team member with whom we'll enjoy working.

More information about the Cortex XDR product can be found here

Your Impact

• Execute on the software development strategy to improve our highly distributed system
• Understand and implement software development/engineering lifecycle concepts to drive features from conception to delivery
• Collaborate closely with the product management, architects and devops to achieve quality releases
• Work hand-in-hand with customer support, documentation and downstream teams to enable customer success
• Make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while maintaining performance and scalability requirements
• Be able to clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members
  
  

Qualifications

Your experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience building large-scale production systems
• Experience in designing, building and maintaining micro services, distributed systems, and performance optimization
• Cloud Experience (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience with database technologies (Mysql / Redis / BigQuery / Elasticsearch)
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• A self-starter, able to learn independently and adapt quickly
• Team player with strong communication, collaboration and problem solving skills
• Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
• BSc/MSc in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience in Go / Python - an advantage
• Experience with GCP - an advantage
• Experience with OS internals / Linux internals - an advantage
  
  

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.