SeniorPrincipal Engineer Software Platform Backend (Cortex)
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
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle from requirement analysis and design through to development deployment and ongoing support.
Architect design and develop highly scalable distributed backend services capable of processing billions of events per second.
Proactively collaborate and exchange information with cross-functional teams including product management and other engineering groups to ensure alignment on goals and deliverables.
Drive technical innovation by proposing and implementing new ideas and initiatives transforming concepts into tangible product features.
Ensure high standards of code quality performance and reliability through rigorous code reviews automated testing and proactive system monitoring.
Mentor and empower other engineers on the team sharing knowledge of best practices in software design and cloud technologies.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of professional software engineering experience.
Proven experience building and operating distributed large-scale cloud products.
Experience in designing building and maintaining scalable server-side applications.
Experience with a variety of database technologies such as MySQL Cassandra Google BigQuery Amazon Redshift or Elasticsearch.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with writing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in Go and/or Python programming languages.
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
Knowledge of the cybersecurity domain and related challenges.
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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About Company
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