Sr Staff Engineer Software; Backend Prisma AIRS

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, every voice matters, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people 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 at 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 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.

As a Senior Staff Software Backend Engineer on the Prisma AIRS Red Teaming team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI security. You will work closely with a diverse team of product managers, UX designers, frontend engineers, and other backend engineers to conceptualize, design, and deliver cutting‑edge backend solutions for the Prisma AIRS Red Teaming product.

This role demands a high degree of technical expertise, a passion for innovation, and a collaborative spirit.

You will be at the forefront of feature development for an industry‑defining product in the rapidly evolving space of AI Red Teaming. Your responsibilities will include translating complex technical requirements and user needs into robust and scalable backend services. This will involve leading the architectural design and implementation of new features, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability of the backend codebase. You will also be instrumental in establishing best practices for backend development, mentoring junior engineers, and driving technical excellence within the team.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on a product that is redefining how organizations secure their AI systems.

This role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus and requires in‑office presence three days a week. This is not a remote opportunity.

• Passionate about developing highly scalable and robust backend services and APIs that offer customers insights into their red‑teaming engagements and provide actionable solution suggestions.
• Work on complex red‑teaming problems that necessitate an in‑depth evaluation of requirements and apply engineering techniques to achieve quality results.
• Identify problems and opportunities, and propose and develop simple and attainable solutions to enhance the team’s development process and product quality.
• Be a role model in establishing and implementing engineering best practices, including test‑driven development, for red‑teaming solutions.
• Drive collaborative discussions and create synergy among product‑feature stakeholders to create an amazing red‑teaming product.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Minimum 4 years of related programming experience required
• Expertise in building scalable distributed systems with excellent Python or Golang programming skills
• Experience in modern backend frameworks and tools
• Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Ability to work well with a group of senior and junior engineers in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment
• Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines like Git Hub Actions, Git Lab Pipelines with Git Version Control
• Good grasp of asynchronous programming
• Closely worked with Product Managers and frontend engineers to deliver high‑quality features

• Familiarity with Microservices architecture patterns
• Experience with building and…