Senior Principal Engineer Software

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting‑edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work on each day and is defined by our values:
Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real‑world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real‑time problem‑solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

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. We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. 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.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

We are the Wild Fire Team in the Content Delivered Security Service (CDSS) organization. Our engineering and Security Research team is at the core of our products and delivers the best of security services in the cloud to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we, and the whole industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

As a member of the team, you will work with researchers and engineers on implementing different projects that detect and defend against various emerging threats. You will be a key person in transforming ideas into products that are part of the next‑generation security platform. The team is responsible for innovating new security techniques.

• Work with developers, researchers, data scientists, and security experts
• Design, build and operate reliable, secure cloud infrastructure
• Ensure that applications are production‑ready, scalable, and reliable
• Develop tools and automation frameworks
• Automate robust deployment of services
• Orchestrate end‑to‑end monitoring and alerting
• Participate with SRE and Dev teams in the on‑call rotation
• Lead root‑cause analysis of critical business and production issues
• Participate in design reviews

• 4+ years experience working on Hypervisor development or low‑level Operating System development.
• Excellent Operating System internals understanding.
• Linux is required, and Windows is a plus. Concurrent Programming.
• Proficiency in development experience using C, C++, and Python.
• Understanding of device drivers and PCI devices.
• Can demonstrate good design and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Be comfortable working independently and efficiently.
• Hands‑on and can‑do attitude, willing to learn new technologies.
• BS/MS in computer science/engineering, or…