Sr Staff 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 We Are

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 CareerIn a world where remote work is the new norm, organizations' perimeters are much more loosely defined and cloud-native apps replace data centers rapidly, a new approach is needed to provide connectivity, compliance and security for all.As a Senior Backend Engineer - you will build and design distributed backend services that are the backbone of our platform. You will need to think wide about all system components and will need to consider the trade-offs with every design decision you make.You will work with the latest technologies and development methodologies to achieve the best outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to join very early and take charge of new product architecture and build it from scratch.Your ImpactResponsible for complete software development life cycle including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment and supportDesign, implement and test critical components in the product, take into account complex considerations of multiple platforms, performance, supportability, maintainability and much moreWrite clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable code that scales and performs well for thousands of customersDevelop solid understanding and be able to explain advanced Cloud Computing and Security concepts to othersResearch new technologies and their implications on connectivity and security. Then adapt them for use in the company's productsWrite design documents, SW development guidelines, and best practices

Qualifications (Additional Job Description)

Your Experience 3+ years' experience in building complex, high scale SaaS solutions - Preferably experienced in GolangPassion for software engineering and coding - Energetic and eager to create and outperformExperience in developing cloud distributed applications and cloud infrastructuresStrong computer science fundamentalsProven record designing and implementing scalable REST APIs, services and data pipelinesHands-on experience using SQL/NoSQL based databasesUnderstanding of microservices-based deployments with the ability to introduce monitoring/tracing of application logs (e.g. Splunk) from inceptionFamiliarity with one or more cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes and their technologies (Lambda functions, SNS/SQS etc.)Experience with Kubernetes/Docker - advantage