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Sr Staff Engineer Software

Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 29 Jun 2026
💰 $204,500/yr($126,000/yr$204,500/yr)

About the role

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer you are expected to quickly onboard and help build and maintain the User Directory product which includes integrations into Active Directory, LDAP, and other external Identity Providers for user information. You need to be self-organized and should be self-sufficient enough to work with minimum mentoring and supervision. Understand customer scenarios and requirements to validate the best solution. Design and develop high quality software and own the product features end to end including UI, backend, and test automation. Continuously raise the bar for development practices and need to be abreast with the latest technologies both in the company and industry and be able to utilize them to good effect. You will also spend time collaborating closely with other engineers on larger features.


Responsibilities:
Understand customer scenarios and requirements to suggest and develop

innovative technical solutions and tools in the User Directory product
Facilitate collaboration with engineering team, product management, and

designers. You need to be self-organized and should be self-sufficient enough to work with minimum mentoring and supervision.

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science
  • 6+ years of experience working as a software developer on agile teams
  • At least 4+ years of experience in cloud development or enterprise applications
  • Experience using source code management tools such as GIT, Bitbucket
  • C# expertise – The ability to get up and running with little to no guidance on how to write C# applications
  • Experience with Active Directory and/or LDAP, MFA, IaaS, IAM, Authentication and authorization
  • Experience with ReactJS and Javascript - nice to have
  • Experience working with AI agents
  • Strong object-oriented design and coding skills and experience writing reusable, generic APIs
  • Understanding of PKI, Certificate security, encryption, HTTPS
  • Strong programming, debugging and troubleshooting skills
  • Strong written and oral communication and collaboration skills, ability to collaborate effectively in team, across team and with management and other disciplines
  • Effective team player

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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/yr

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 workpla

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