Principal Engineer Software

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Pune District; Presencial; INR 400 000 - 700 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the connectors framework for the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) product. You will help design, secure, and scale integrations with enterprise and SaaS systems, while maintaining code quality and production readiness.

You will operate in a team that values AI-first approaches, strong reliability, and security. The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and cross-functional collaboration across product and

Qualificações

• 8+ years of software engineering with production ownership.
• Strong grounding in system design, scalability, security implications.
• Experience shipping microservices on AWS in production.
• Identity/IGA domain knowledge and related integrations.

Responsabilidades

• Contribute to architecture and system design for connector services.
• Harden and scale the framework and microservices for performance and reliability.
• Work in AI-first environment and drive AI adoption across the team.
• Collaborate with product/engineering on technical trade-offs and production readiness.

Conhecimentos

8+ years exp

Software design

AI first

AWS microservices

IGA / identity

Ferramentas

AWS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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 Summary

Principal Software Engineer — Connectors Framework (IGA)

Role Overview

We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join a small team of engineers building the connectors framework for our Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) product. In this role you will help code, design, secure, improve, scale, test and maintain how our platform integrates with enterprise and Saas systems.

Key Responsibilities

Contribute to architecture and system design for connector services: APIs, integration patterns, data flows, and operational boundaries.

Harden and scale the framework and related microservices for performance, fault tolerance, and maintainability.

Work in an AI first environment and help drive AI adoption across the team.

Partner with product and engineering peers on technical trade-offs, roadmap alignment, and production readiness.

Participate in code review, design discussion, and incident learning; help raise engineering quality across the team.

Required Qualifications

Senior-level experience: approximately 8+ years in software engineering, with sustained ownership of production services from design through deployment and ongoing operation

Strong grounding in software and systems design (abstractions, contracts, failure modes, scalability, and security implications).

Hands-on experience working in an AI first environment and working with SDD methodology

Hands-on experience shipping and operating microservices on AWS in production

Relevant technical depth in integration or connector-style systems (sync and incremental jobs, retries, idempotency, backpressure, rate limits); distributed backends at meaningful scale

Demonstrated impact such as improving reliability, performance, or security with clear outcomes; active participation in design reviews; and production accountability

Identity or IGA-adjacent domain knowledge - user and entitlement lifecycle, provisioning and deprovisioning, access reviews, integrations with HRIS / ITSM / directories, SSO (SAML/OIDC), SCIM, and familiarity with audit, compliance, and least-privilege concerns in access systems.

Qualifications

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 [e-mail].

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.