We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Backend Engineer to lead and grow development teams working on Prisma Cloud and Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks’ leading platforms for cloud security and security operations.
We are looking for candidates with a can-do attitude, who are passionate about complex problems and thrive on bringing value to thousands of customers.
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Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Backend Engineer to lead and grow development teams working on Prisma Cloud and Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks’ leading platforms for cloud security and security operations. We are looking for candidates with a can-do attitude, who are passionate about complex problems and thrive on bringing value to thousands of customers.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-end backend development of features and components across their entire life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)
Work closely with peers across different geo teams and disciplines to shape solutions and integrate with other parts of the product
Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions
Production oriented approach with providing real time mitigation and solutions to production issues
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
M.S/B.S degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 10+ years of software engineering experience, including development of a scalable server-side application
Extensive hands-on programming skills in Go, Java and/or Python
Strong computer science fundamentals (e.g. understanding of lock-free data structures, bloom filters, minimal perfect hashing, consistent hashing etc)
Experience with big–data architectures (using Kafka, Splunk, Flink, etc)
Experience with distributed computing (understand implications of CAP theorem, master election, brain split problem) and/or distributed DB/KVP (BigQuery,, Elastic Search, Kafka and SingleStore)
Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL based databases
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in an agile and dynamic environment
High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infra
Familiarity with Cyber Technologies, Information Security, and Software Security is plus
Our Commitment
We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
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.
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About Palo Alto Networks
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Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company. It develops platforms and services that help organizations protect networks, cloud environments, endpoints and security operations, and it also provides threat intelligence and incident response services.