Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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!

Job Summary

The Team

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will oversee a team of innovative engineers designing and developing security features for our next-generation firewalls. This role requires strong leadership technical expertise and a commitment to instilling a quality-focused mindset across the organization. You will drive the building of global products and bring new ideas to the security discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the innovation design and development of new security features in next-generation firewalls.

• Focus on Layer 7 identity and inspection to enhance security capabilities.

• Partner with Product Design and Engineering Leadership to align priorities with platform strategy.

• Establish technical direction and influence architectural decisions for services operating at enterprise scale.

• Mentor engineering managers and senior engineers fostering leadership growth and organizational effectiveness.

• Build a culture of accountability ownership innovation and strong engineering fundamentals.

• Conduct weekly one-on-ones mid-year and year-end performance reviews with direct reports.

• Review career development opportunities and individual resource loading across multiple programs.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in software and networking with a strong focus on network security.

• Proven track record of successfully leading Software Engineering teams and delivering high-quality complex design solutions.

• Prior experience in a managerial or engineering leadership role.

• Strong hands-on development experience with C C or Go on Unix systems.

• Proven track record of successfully managing high-stakes customer issues and technical escalations.

• Deep understanding of VPN and remote access technologies is preferred.

• Familiarity with modern infrastructure including microservices cloud development and Kubernetes is preferred.

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.

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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