Principal Engineer Software - Backend (Prisma AIRS)
Palo Alto Networks3 days ago
Base Salary
$156k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant backend services and APIs.
- Develop the control plane for security policies, configurations, and distributed deployments.
- Write performant and secure Golang or Python code for systems operating at massive scale.
- Architect and deploy microservices with Docker and Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform.
- Build integration layers connecting data planes, telemetry pipelines, and management consoles.
- Develop automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and comprehensive system monitoring.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience focused on backend systems, platform architecture, or distributed cloud services.
- Deep programming expertise in Golang or Python.
- Experience building and scaling RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and event-driven microservices.
- Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Rust is highly desired.
- Familiarity and hands-on experience with GCP Bigtable, BigQuery, and Spanner is desired.
- Knowledge of network security, identity and access management, or modern authorization frameworks is a plus.
Benefits
- Hybrid role based onsite three days per week at the corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
- Compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus.
- Employee benefits information is available through the company benefits description.
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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.