Principal Software Engineer (Cortex Platform)
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San Francisco, CA - USA
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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
Cortex - Cortex is a world-leading cybersecurity platform that provides comprehensive security solutions to protect organizations from advanced threats. Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining the core components of the Cortex platform including the data pipeline analytics engine and user interface. We are a fast-paced and innovative team that is passionate about building the best security products in the world.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Principal Backend Engineer to join our Cortex backend engineering group a team dedicated to developing innovating and scaling the Cortex this role you will contribute to the core backend of Cortex products like XSOAR XDR and XSIAM and shared infrastructures. We are looking for a passionate engineer with a can-do attitude who thrives on solving complex problems and delivering value to thousands of customers.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end backend development of features and components from design and development to testing deployment and maintenance.
Collaborate effectively with peers across diverse teams and disciplines to shape solutions and ensure seamless integration with other product components.
Drive team-wide technical excellence by actively participating in code reviews design reviews and architectural decisions.
Maintain a production-first mindset providing real-time mitigation and solutions to production issues to ensure platform stability and customer satisfaction.
Challenge the status quo by exploring and applying new technologies and methodologies to innovate and scale the Cortex Platform.
Simplify complex systems by designing and implementing elegant scalable and maintainable backend services.
Mentor junior engineers empowering others by sharing knowledge and fostering a culture of technical growth and accountability.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
8 years of professional software engineering experience including the development of scalable server-side applications.
Extensive hands-on programming skills in Go and/or Python.
Proven experience with major cloud platforms (e.g. GCP AWS Azure).
Deep understanding of and experience with Microservices architecture (e.g. Kubernetes Docker Serverless).
Strong computer science fundamentals and experience with distributed computing concepts (e.g. CAP theorem master election distributed databases).
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with big-data architectures using technologies like Kafka Splunk or Flink.
Hands-on experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. BigQuery Elasticsearch).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Knowledge of cybersecurity information security or software security principles.
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Compensation Disclosure
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$147000.00 - $237500.00/yrOur 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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