Principal Engineer Software

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we're united by a shared mission-to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you're in the right place.

Who Are We

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Description

Your CareerPalo Alto Networks's SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) group is looking for an accomplished Principal Software Engineer with networking background with extensive development experience to fill a position on the Prisma SASE team. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking technologies in the SASE domain. You will work with a multi-functional team of engineers to design and develop systems for solving interesting problems in the SASE area.Your ImpactResponsible for complete software development process including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment, and supportCollaborate with other cross functional teams in order to create tight integrations of product features and infrastructureWrite clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable code that scales and performs well for thousands of customersParticipate actively and be a factor to design and development discussionsIdentify areas for improvement within the team and actively push for positive change through new initiatives or optimizationsAbility to troubleshoot issues in production environment and continuously improve the code and process to reduce the impact

Qualifications (Additional Job Description)

Your Experience 10+ years of solid experience in programming, design and developmentStrong grasp on designing complex systems and on data structures and algorithmsExperience of using cloud native functionalities/services using API/plugins Extensive hands-on (expert level) programming skills in Go, Python, Java, C/C++Experience in developing solutions in using Docker, and cloud environments such as Kubernetes, GCP/OCI/AWS lambda and related cloud servicesExperience in building multithreaded concurrent and distributed systems that can scale in production environmentsExposure to CICD pipelines and tooling such as Gitlab, Jenkins etc.Experience in delivering application performance monitoring visualizations with any of the following - Grafana / ELK / New Relic / Datadog / SplunkStrong knowledge of databases BQ, Neo4j/graph-db, SQL, noSQL.Knowledge of Networking and Routing protocols like BGP, IPSec, TCP/IP, HTTPS, SSL etcNetwork infrastructure, Firewall, Load balancing concepts and Security implementations is a plusExperience in telemetry data monitoring (log, metrics and traces) from source devices and applications and visualizations is a plusM.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent military experience required

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr

Our Commitment

We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com .

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.