Palo Alto Networks · 5 hours ago
Senior Principal Software Engineer (Cortex)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $277K/yr
8+ years expPalo Alto Networks is dedicated to protecting the digital way of life and is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer for their Cortex Threat Intelligence team. The role involves designing and building systems that transform raw signals into actionable intelligence, contributing to the development lifecycle from architecture to deployment.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain the core services and data pipelines
Lead architecture strategy sessions—work with your colleagues to design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various modules across Cortex
Collaborate with your team to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practices
Drive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering organization
Collaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of designing, developing, deploying, and supporting complex, scalable software systems
Proficiency in Python and Go programming languages
Extensive experience with API design and development, including RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes
Ability to lead across research, design, prototyping, and implementation phases
Expertise with software development best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and agile methodologies
Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCP
Proven experience driving design and implementation of technical solutions in the face of ambiguity—we will ask you about this
Proven technical team leadership and interest in mentoring other engineers in order to contribute to the technical growth of the team
Preferred
Experience in Threat Intelligence
Experience in building Cybersecurity products
Experience with or interest in frontend development
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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