Principal Engineer Software
Palo Alto Networks1 month ago
Base Salary
$147k - $238k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end technical initiatives for the Identity Governance & Administration platform from discovery and design through implementation, rollout, and long-term ownership.
- Build high-impact full-stack features and modernize legacy frameworks using the MEAN stack.
- Design cross-functional architectures that balance product requirements, security constraints, performance, and scalability.
- Apply prompt and context engineering to create AI-assisted software development workflows and rigorously verify AI-generated code.
- Establish engineering standards that improve testability, observability, and performance.
- Lead design reviews and architecture discussions while mentoring and coaching engineers on implementation, testing, and security practices.
- Collaborate with product and cross-functional stakeholders, using lightweight RFCs and clear communication to drive alignment without formal authority.
- Integrate testing and monitoring into the software development lifecycle and improve system resilience through load and stress testing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of extensive experience with the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js.
- Proven experience in cloud engineering environments, primarily using AWS.
- Ability to reason across APIs, identity, observability, and other complex system layers to make durable technical decisions.
- Expertise in prompt and context engineering and use of AI tools in software development, with rigorous peer review of outputs.
- Deep practical knowledge of secure web development, including OWASP Top 10 mitigation, Zero Trust principles, and least-privilege access.
- Strong communication and collaborative leadership skills, including facilitating design sessions, mentoring engineers, and driving stakeholder consensus.
- Working knowledge of IAM, PAM, IGA, and secrets management is preferred.
- Experience with cross-product component governance and unified design systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with observability tools, feature flagging, and progressive delivery within CI/CD pipelines is preferred.
- Proficiency in load and stress testing with tools such as JMeter is preferred.
- Familiarity with privacy-by-design practices and GDPR, CCPA, or SOC2 compliance is preferred.
- Fluency in TypeScript, RxJS, Signals, and modern testing frameworks such as Jest, Playwright, or Cypress is preferred.
- Excellent written, verbal, and cross-functional communication skills are required.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, is required.
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule in the Newton, MA area is required.
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule in the Newton, Massachusetts area, with most teams working from the office full time and flexibility when needed.
- Compensation may include restricted stock units and a bonus in addition to base salary.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
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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.