Principal Engineer Software(Cortex XSOARXSIAM)

Our Mission

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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!

Job Summary

Job Summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer for our Cortex engineering group focusing on Cortex XSOAR Cortex XSIAM and new Cortex AI this role you will design and implement robust backend services for our leading-edge security orchestration automation and response platform. You will also contribute to creating innovative AI-based solutions enhancing shared Cortex infrastructures. This is an exceptional opportunity for those eager to advance Cortex products with AI-driven capabilities and make a significant impact in the cybersecurity industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end backend development of features and components from design and development to testing deployment and maintenance.

• Proactively collaborate and exchange information with peers across different teams and disciplines to shape solutions and ensure alignment on product integrations.

• Contribute to team-wide efforts including code reviews design reviews and architectural decisions ensuring high-quality and maintainable code.

• Apply a production-oriented approach providing real-time mitigation and effective solutions to production issues to ensure platform stability and reliability.

• Challenge curiously and positively by exploring new technologies and methodologies to enhance our backend services and AI capabilities.

The Team

Qualifications

Your Experience:

• 8 years of software engineering experience including the development of scalable server-side application using GO or Python

• Basic understanding and familiarity with the AI landscape including various models frameworks and prompting techniques.

• Demonstrated experience integrating Generative AI solutions into backend architectures.

• Proficiency with a variety of database technologies.

• Experience with distributed cloud products and major cloud platforms (e.g. GCP AWS Azure).

Nice to Have

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.

• Proven ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and complex technical challenges in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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