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Principal Engineer Software; SLS

Job in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95053, USA
Listing for: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 147000 - 237500 USD Yearly USD 147000.00 237500.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Principal Engineer Software (SLS)

Job Summary

Strata Logging Service (SLS) powers advanced cybersecurity innovations by providing a unique capability to normalize and correlate data across the entire enterprise. SLS can radically simplify customer security operations by collecting, integrating, and normalizing an enterprise's security data.

  • Easily run advanced analytics at cloud scale, supported by the data and compute power you need.
  • Constantly learns from new data sources to evolve customer defenses.
  • SLS is built to benefit from public cloud scale and locations ready for elastic scale, eliminating the need for local compute and storage. SLS has strict privacy and security controls in place to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive or identifiable information. Its infrastructure is secured with industry-standard best practices for security and confidentiality, including rigorous technical and organizational security controls.
Your Role
  • Tackle new and challenging problems by building a new generation of highly scaled data processing and analytics systems.
  • Contribute in architecture, design and development of features.
  • Solve complex problems in pipeline scaling and data storage to facilitate dashboards.
  • Suggest and implement improvements to the development processes.
  • Work with Dev Ops and Technical Support teams to investigate and resolve critical customer defects.
Qualifications
  • Must have 5+ years of hands‑on experience in building large enterprise applications.
  • Must have extensive hands‑on programming skills in Java and distributed systems.
  • Deep understanding of design patterns.
  • Good communication skills and ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
Nice to have
  • Strong knowledge of databases SQL, No

    SQL, Time series, GraphDB
  • Experience with one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, their services (Data Flow, BQ, Athena etc) and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of Linux fundamentals and networked computing environment concepts.
Additional Information:
The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don't shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Compensation

Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non‑sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000 - $237,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus.

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 accomm

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?:
Yes

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