Palo Alto Networks · 1 month ago
Principal Engineer Software (DLP Life Cycle (SDLC)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$185K/yr - $210K/yr
10+ years expPalo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company dedicated to protecting digital lives. They are seeking a Principal Engineer to optimize the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and enhance developer experience through innovative tools and processes, while also integrating AI-powered solutions.
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Responsibilities
Design, automate, and maintain a seamless, containerized local development environment to ensure developers can be productive within minutes
Own and optimize all build scripts and infrastructure. Your primary metrics for success will be reducing build time, minimizing cost, and achieving near-perfect reliability
Architect and automate our dependency management strategy to ensure secure, reproducible, and fast resolution of all third-party libraries
Drive deep technical optimizations at the compiler and architectural levels to improve application performance. Implement and manage company-wide profiling tools and best practices
Embed security into the SDLC. Integrate and manage Static Analysis (SAST) and other security tools within the build process to harden our applications from the ground up
Own the strategy and infrastructure for all test automation, including Unit, Component, Integration, and Functional tests
Define and report on key quality metrics, including Test Coverage, reliability (flakiness), and execution time
Act as the primary owner for build and test failures. You will oversee the process of diagnosing failures, identifying the root cause, and ensuring the correct engineering team provides a timely fix
Own, simplify, and secure the Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline, enabling engineering teams to release features safely, autonomously, and frequently
Develop and maintain dashboards that provide clear visibility into engineering health, including code coverage, build times, test flakiness, and deployment frequency
Act as the team's subject matter expert on AI-driven development tools
Continuously research, prototype, and integrate AI tooling to enhance all of the above responsibilities. This includes, but is not limited to: AI-assisted code generation and refactoring, Intelligent test case generation, Automated bug detection and remediation, AI-powered pipeline optimization and security analysis
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a demonstrable focus on DevOps, Developer Experience (DevEx), or Build/Tools/Platform Engineering
Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI) and build automation tools (e.g., Bazel, Gradle, Make, Webpack)
Strong systems-level programming skills and experience with compiler-level optimization and performance profiling
Deep experience with test automation frameworks and a strong understanding of the 'test pyramid' and quality metrics
Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) and one compiled language (e.g., C++, Java, Rust, Go)
Extensive experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
A proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects and influencing other senior engineers without direct authority
A 'customer-first' mindset, where your 'customers' are the other engineers in the company
Preferred
Hands-on experience integrating generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, or custom models) into a production engineering workflow
Experience building and managing large-scale, polyglot, and/or microservice-based build systems
Deep expertise in DevSecOps practices and automated security tooling
Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) to monitor engineering system performance
Benefits
Restricted stock units
Bonus
Company
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
Icon VenturesLehman HoldingsGlobespan Capital Partners
2012-07-20IPO
2008-11-03Series C· $10M
2008-08-18Series C· $27M
Leadership Team
Helmut Reisinger
CEO EMEA
Nikesh Arora
Chairman CEO
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