Software Engineering Manager (Prisma Access Browser)

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 take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for an Engineering Manager for our Santa Clara, California, Headquarters.

The Prisma Access Browser (PAB) team builds the Enterprise Browser, a secure and seamless platform that acts as a shield for businesses’ online activity. It protects against cyber threats by isolating web sessions, filtering malicious content, preventing data leaks, and centrally managing security policies. Our multi-layered approach secures data while providing a superior user experience across both frontend and backend layers.

We’re looking for a manager with strong technical depth in both backend and frontend engineering who can guide full-stack teams, balancing distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and modern web application development.

Your Impact

• Lead a team of engineers building high-scale backend services and modern frontend applications, ensuring seamless integration between client and server.

• Own project delivery across the full software lifecycle—from frontend user experience and design systems to backend scalability, reliability, and monitoring.

• Drive technical strategy and architecture for core PAB services, including data ingestion, processing, and real-time user interactions.

• Partner with Product, Architecture, Design, and SRE teams to ensure performance, reliability, security, and usability at scale.

• Encourage engineering best practices in CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and accessibility.

• Grow and mentor a high-impact full-stack engineering team through coaching, feedback, and career development.

• Promote a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Identify opportunities to improve system performance, frontend usability, and cross-stack development workflows.

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering (backend + frontend), with at least 2+ years in engineering leadership roles.

• Proven success managing cloud-native applications on GCP/AWS/Azure, especially with Kubernetes.

• Solid background in modern frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript, modern JavaScript) and delivering high-quality, performant user experiences.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, and TypeScript 

• Knowledge of networking, security, and scaling strategies for both backend services and secure browser-based applications.

• Strong people leadership and team-building skills; ability to recruit, onboard, grow talent and drive high-performing teams.

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry,