Sr Staff Engineer Software (Platform)

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.

Who We Are

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 Description

Your Career

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr Staff Engineer to join our Engineering Productivity/Platform team that can challenge the status quo, thrive in an evolving and fast-paced environment to find creative, efficient and high quality solutions to complex problems. We expect you to take healthy risks as you collaborate with engineering teams across the company to empower them in developing and delivering their products with the highest quality and velocity while ensuring security throughout the lifecycle.

As a Sr Staff Engineer on the Engineering Productivity/Platform team, you will be instrumental in elevating the innovation within the team as we champion a world-class engineering culture across the company. You will tremendously impact thousands of engineers and drive initiatives in source code management, build and test tooling, end-to-end CI/CD pipeline workflows while automating everything (well, everything that matters and should be automated).

We are looking for a self-motivated and passionate engineer with an extensive engineering development background, experience using a variety of developer tools and technologies, and who is passionate about developer productivity. ​​The way this engineer will deliver impact may vary depending on the situation but they will be expected to deliver complete solutions to existing problems from ideation to production and effectively communicate with stakeholders.

Your Impact

• Set the example for high levels of accountability
• Execute and deliver impact both individually and through the team
• Tools Development and Optimization:
  • Implement the infrastructure, tools and frameworks needed to keep our thousands of developers in sync while sharing code, building, testing, releasing, and deploying their applications and services continuously
  • Design, build and maintain tools and frameworks to automate the commit-deploy pipeline (including development, testing, release/deployment and monitoring) of our products and services
• CI/CD Pipeline Development:
  • Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive CI/CD templates for use across various engineering teams
  • Simplify and increase visibility into the CI pipelines and enable easier and faster insights into potential problems
• AI-first approach:
  • A working knowledge of foundational AI/ML concepts and experience leveraging relevant AI tools, libraries, or APIs to enhance engineering workflows
  • A proven ability or keen interest in applying Generative AI and other intelligent technologies to optimize developer processes
  • An ability to understand and utilize relevant engineering data to identify opportunities for AI/ML integration that drives measurable improvements in developer efficiency and output quality
• Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting:
  • Monitor the performance and health of the engineering productivity tools
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues promptly to minimize downtime and impact on developer productivity
• Continuous Improvement :
  • Identify opportunities for automating repetitive tasks, improving workflows, and enhancing overall developer productivity
  • Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to implement innovative solutions

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• As a key member of this team, you will be responsible for driving the technical design and implementation of core features, ensuring high code quality and reliability in our systems.

• Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Javascript, Go (Nice to have)
• Experience with web frameworks such as Django, NodeJS, React
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in algorithms, data structures, Relational DB (Postgres), and system design
• Understanding of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals
• 6+