Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (Cloud Management Platform)

Your Career:

Join our Cloud Management Platform group as a Senior Hands-on Development Engineer in test and bring a relentless AI-First mindset to our team. Your core responsibility will be to design develop and integrate resilient test automation frameworks. You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by testing them thoroughly to understand potential risks bugs or issues providing an exemplary product experience for our end users.

We require a deep technical expert with a proven track record and an ambitious vision for leveraging Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize our processes. You will spearhead the transformation of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) driving innovation in automation code generation and establishing breakthrough quality assurance standards.

Your Impact

• Work in a small fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results

• Be involved in a rigorous approach to testing for specifications assist the team with testing methods or tools for testing

• Suggest and implement improvements to the QA process 

• Work with cross functional development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality

• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues

• Interview mentor and coach new team members

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Experience:

• Test Automation & Frameworks: 

  • Proven experience in designing and implementing test automation methodologies tools and frameworks.

  • Expert level experience with REST API driven Automation using Python.

  • Hands-on experience with UI automation frameworks (Selenium Cypress Playwright etc) 

• AI-Driven Testing & Development 

  • Practical experience using AI-based tools to accelerate coding test generation debugging and refactoring

  • A demonstrated passion for researching and applying innovative AI-based testing methodologies to improve engineering productivity.

• Networking Knowledge & Security

  • Experience with TCP/IP Networking and Network Security is highly desirable

  • Knowledge of Active Directories Cloud Identity providers is highly desirable

• CI/CD & Version Control: Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI Jenkins) and version control systems (Git).

• Microservices & Cloud: Experience with cloud technologies (AWSGCP) and containerized applications (Docker Kubernetes)

Educational Qualification:

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering or a related technical field

• Minimum of 10 years experience in software development 

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 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.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $144200/yr to $200200/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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