Principal Software Engineer (Internet Security Platform) - job 2 of 3

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

We're seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for cloud advocates who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.

As a key member of our Internet Security Platform team, you will be responsible for designing and developing large-scale backend systems. You will participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle from definition, design, through implementation, and testing. Work closely with security researchers, data scientists, product managers on new feature requests, QA and DevOps on testing and deployment plans, and other engineering teams on all kinds of collaboration.

Your Impact

• Bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems
• Develop key security research infrastructure for researchers and security services
• Establish a clear technical and architectural vision for key projects
• Mentor your fellow engineering members
• Promote best practices such as design reviews, code reviews, secure coding, and performance tuning
• Push engineering boundaries, coming up with high-quality, simple solutions to complex engineering and product problems
• Maintain and cultivate high quality in terms of engineering practices, code quality, and work/foster a culture of engineering excellence, and dynamic execution

Your Experience 

• BS (MS Preferred) in Computer Science, Software Engineering,related field or equivalent military experience required
• 8+ years of related experience
• Solid CS fundamentals, as well as networking and operating systems knowledge
• Extensive hands-on programming skills in Python and Golang.
• Strong grasp on designing complex systems 
• Strong grasp of data structures and algorithms
• Solid experience with Cloud Native environment: Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, etc 
• Solid experience with any public cloud platform, GCP preferred
• Solid experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Redis 
• Solid experience with queuing systems like PubSub, RabbitMQ, or Kafka
• Experience with AI infrastructure, LLM, AI agent, or web crawling is a big plus
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

The Team

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. 

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147000/YR - $237500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t 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  [email protected].

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.