Principal Software Engineer (Cloud NGFW)

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 We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver next-generation cloud security service technologies within our Next Generation Firewall as a Service team. We want passionate engineers who love to architect and code world-class security services on Cloud Providers. We are looking for engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development. They are individual leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with others towards achieving a common goal.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of NextGen Firewall as a Service.
• Ownership of end to end workflow for the expanding service.
• Leadership opportunity to drive collaboration with internal/external cross-functional efforts to deliver best in quality software.
• Open Engineering environment to suggest and improve the development process for a v1 service.
• Proactively spot, articulate, and mitigate risks in ongoing and planned projects to ensure smooth execution and high output - this may include providing ad hoc mentorship, communicating with project stakeholders, or rolling up your sleeves and stepping in to help move things along.
• Collaboratively work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues and build better customer experiences.
• Design and build the front end for the service across multiple platforms.
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members as part of the growing team.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on cloud-native application development, at large organizations or innovative startups
• Strong programming skills in one of Python, Go, or Java, with experience in building distributed systems
• Experience with AI coding tools .
• Experience with cloud-native service development stack on AWS, Azure, GCP or OCI
• Experience with complex Cloud Networking Topologies and Multi-Cloud-Interconnect
• Experience with cloud development (REST APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications
• Education: M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent