Principal Engineer Software (Threat Data Platform)
Palo Alto Networks1 day ago
Base Salary
$156k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end development of backend features and core components from architectural design through deployment and maintenance.
- Design and optimize high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest and transform complex threat data.
- Build and maintain high-performance data warehouses and scalable APIs for internal security researchers.
- Translate cross-functional business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Contribute to code reviews, design reviews, architectural roadmaps, and engineering best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical software engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience building large-scale enterprise applications and high-availability data APIs.
- Professional proficiency in Java and strong knowledge of RESTful API design.
- Experience with major cloud providers, preferably GCP or AWS, and their managed services.
- Experience with Python for data manipulation, Linux environments, shell scripting, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD workflows.
- Knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, time-series, and graph databases.
- Preferred qualifications include analytical solutions, machine-learning or AI-driven data pipelines, GCP services, Kafka, Spark, and GraphDB-based threat relationship mapping.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $156,400.00–$253,000.00, with possible restricted stock units and bonus.
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Employee benefits are available through the company benefits program.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.