Engineering Software Manager (Cortex Cloud)
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Job Summary
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks were united by a shared missionto 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 youre ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are youre in the right place.
Who We Are
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 the brightest we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. Thats why most of our teams work from the office full time with flexibility when its needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving stronger relationships and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.Job Summary
The Team
Engineering - The Engineering team is a key player in the design development and delivery of our products. We are a team of builders and innovators that love solving big problems. We are a diverse group of individuals with a passion for technology and a desire to make a difference in the world. We are looking for people who are excited to build the future of cybersecurity and help us protect our digital way of life.
Job Summary
As an Engineering Manager at Cortex Cloud you will lead a team of 6 engineers operating in one of our most complex and cross-functional domains. This role requires a strong blend of people leadership and deep technical expertise including systems design and large-scale distributed cloud architectures. You will be responsible for driving the design and delivery of complex high-impact systems while ensuring the team executes against the roadmap with both speed and engineering rigor.
Key Responsibilities
Build mentor and lead a high-performing software engineering team fostering a culture of empowerment and driving both individual growth and collective impact.
Partner closely with Product Management and cross-functional teams (Infrastructure Research UX) to define priorities and shape multi-quarter product roadmaps ensuring alignment across all stakeholders.
Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle translating product strategy into executable plans and ensuring consistent high-quality on-time delivery.
Provide architectural leadership for scalable distributed systems operating at petabyte scale guiding the design and implementation of high-throughput cloud-native backend microservices.
Drive production readiness by enforcing best practices around deployment observability reliability and runtime stability focusing on the details to ensure operational excellence.
Align stakeholders across business units through clear communication of technical strategy trade-offs priorities risks and execution plans.
Engage directly with strategic customers to lead technical deep dives and architecture reviews and to influence future product direction.
Foster a culture of high engineering standards accountability and continuous improvement with a strong emphasis on quality and security.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
3-4 years of experience managing software engineering teams within a large-scale organization.
5 years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong systems-level foundation.
Proven ability to plan execute and deliver complex roadmaps with high predictability owning distributed cloud products end-to-end.
Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale cloud architectures on platforms such as GCP AWS or Azure.
Strong collaboration skills with a track record of aligning cross-disciplinary teams around shared objectives.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with programming languages such as Go and Python.
Familiarity with large-scale data platforms including BigQuery MongoDB and MySQL.
Professional experience in cybersecurity data security or threat intelligence.
Experience operating and maintaining highly distributed services at massive scale.
Our Commitment
Were trailblazers that dream big 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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.Required Experience:
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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 ... View more
