Staff Engineer Software — SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)
Palo Alto Networks20 days ago
USA (city not specified)Staff+
Base Salary
$112k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices supporting SSPM capabilities.
- Own features through technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation.
- Build services that collect, process, and analyze data from enterprise SaaS applications.
- Develop APIs, integrations, and data models for new product capabilities.
- Make practical decisions regarding scalability, performance, maintainability, and technical tradeoffs.
- Collaborate with product managers and global engineering teams to translate requirements into solutions.
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve service reliability, observability, and performance.
- Participate in code and design reviews, share knowledge, and support engineering best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience building and delivering production backend software with ownership of substantial features or services.
- Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go, Java, or Python, with willingness to learn new technologies.
- Strong understanding of software design, data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Experience with API design, data modeling, and database technologies.
- Ability to break down technical problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver maintainable solutions.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Preferred: experience with microservices, event-driven systems, or data processing pipelines.
- Preferred: familiarity with GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Preferred: experience with Docker, Kubernetes, message queues, or caching technologies.
- Preferred: experience integrating third-party SaaS APIs.
- Preferred: familiarity with SaaS security, cloud security, or security posture management.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- The role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship or work-visa sponsorship.
- Employee benefits are referenced in the posting but not detailed.
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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.