Principal Backend Engineer AppSec ShiftLeft (Cortex Cloud)

Your Career

ShiftLeft is building the cloud security platform for developers (AppSec). Our platform empowers teams to find fix and prevent security risks in application code and infrastructure as code through automation and security-as-code principles. Were looking for a skilled Principal Backend Engineer to join our team and contribute to our Cortex Cloud platform.

As a Principal Backend Engineer youll have a high-impact role in shaping the future of our code security products. Beyond building robust and scalable backend features youll help drive performance reliability and innovation across our systems. Our group owns and leads the departments data pipelines databases and enrichment and persistence flows. If youre excited by technical challenges meaningful ownership and making life easier for developers - this is the place for you.

Your Impact 

• Own complex backend features from concept to production directly shaping the core infrastructure and services of this critical security offering.

• Build and optimize scalable systems: Ensure performance reliability and cost-efficiency across distributed systems through thoughtful design deep observability and continuous optimization

• Partner with product managers architects and engineers to deliver impactful high-quality security solutions to our customers.

• Continuously evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies to improve development velocity and enhance the capabilities of our product.

• Be an advocate for clean code scalable architecture and strong engineering practices.

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• 7 years of experience in backend development with a strong foundation in designing and maintaining scalable systems

• 2 years of hands-on experience with TypeScript and in production environments.

• Experience working with databases such as BigQuery MongoDB or relational SQL systems

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably GCP) and cloud-native architectures

• A self-drivenindependent leader and fast learner with a proactive approach to solving problems

• Experience with high scale production systems

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with team members and product team

Advantage:

• Experience developing security-related products especially in the code analysis or AppSec domain

• Bachelors degree or equivalent military experience required

• CI/CD methodologies and relevant tools (such as Jenkins Github actions CircleCI)

• Orchestrated and managed containerized applications using Kubernetes including deployment scaling and self-healing of microservices

Additional Information :

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products - connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we and the industry think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont 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. 

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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

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.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant 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  .

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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time