Principal Software Engineer

Company Description

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.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 7+ years of experience in highly technical roles in development of enterprise services, at large organizations or innovative startups
• Preferred experience with security products- Data and DLP, CASB Security, SASE
• Experience with the agile process and leading software development teams involved with building out full stack products, deployed on the cloud at scale
• Experience with building and delivering services and  workflows at scale, leveraging microservices architectures
• Experience with cloud-based architectures (AWS/GCP experience preferred)
• Hands-on programming experience in one or more of the following - Java, Golang, Python 
• 5+ years of experience in cloud technologies like Search, Redis, Kafka/PubSub, Mongo DB/Spanner, Spring Boot
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms  
• Preferred experience with AI based conversational UI and chatbot platforms 
• Preferred experience with machine learning (building custom models, GPT-4 and LLMs)
• Strong understanding of principles of DevOps and Continuous Delivery
• Solid foundation in design, data structures and algorithms, and strong analytical and debugging skills
• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude and ability to make trade-off judgements with data driven decision making
• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

Preferred Qualification

• BS/MS in Computer Science, other engineering/technical degree or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we may be facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks, and the products and services that proactively address them. As a predictive enterprise environment, we analyze petabytes of data that pass through our walls daily and we hire the most talented minds in data science to build creative predictive analytics and data science solutions for our cybersecurity solutions.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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 between $140,100/yr to $226,600/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found he