Principal Engineer Software Cortex

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.

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.

Bring your software engineer skills to help build out our latest Products and Services against the Palo Alto Networks SAAS Security offering. We are looking for full stack engineers who have knowledge on Java, cloud computing (AWS and GCP), Redis, Elastic, Mongo and other Relational databases. This role will also give you an unrivaled opportunity to build enterprise class cloud security solutions which help provide visibility and security in a continuously growing SaaS Applications world.

If you love solving tough problems at scale, this is the career for you.

• Execute on the software development strategy to improve our dynamic 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 dev-ops 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

• 8+ years of hands‑on backend engineering experience building production services.
• Strong programming skills in one or more of:
  Python, Go, Type Script ; openness to working primarily in Python and Go .
• Deep experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and backend services, including data modeling and integration with other services (JSON‑based APIs, service contracts, etc.).
• 7+ years’ experience building large‑scale, cloud‑native or distributed systems (high‑throughput, high‑availability services).
• Experience with data stores such as No
  
  SQL/SQL databases (e.g., Mongo
  
  DB, Cassandra, Postgres) and/or cloud analytics/data warehouses (e.g., Big Query, Snowflake, Redshift).
• Experience with distributed messaging / streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar) and event‑driven architectures; ETL or data processing pipelines is a strong plus.
• Strong background in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and at least one major cloud provider (
  AWS, GCP, or Azure ).
• Experience with microservices architectures and related patterns (resiliency, service discovery, observability, API gateways, etc.).
• SSPM, CSPM, or general SaaS security / cloud security application experience is a strong plus.
• Enjoy crafting elegant, maintainable, and scalable solutions and improving existing systems as well as building new ones.
• Experience working as part of an agile , highly collaborative team while also being a self‑starter with strong individual ownership.
• Experience in security‑ and compliance‑focused environments (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC2) is a plus.
• M.S./B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical / military experience, with 8+ years of relevant experience .

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks.

They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about…