Distinguished Engineer, Cortex Platform — AI‑Driven Cloud Security

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 249,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for the Cortex Platform to lead the innovation, development, and scaling of AI-powered security products, including Cortex Cloud, XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM.

You will architect shared infrastructures and tackle complex backend challenges to deliver value to thousands of enterprise customers. Leveraging AI-native architectures and cloud technologies, you will optimize data processing pipelines and distributed systems, requiring a visionary

Qualifications

• BS or MS in CS/CE or related field.
• 14+ years of software engineering experience.
• Expert in Python and Go with distributed systems know-how.
• Strong fundamentals in concurrency, networking, OS, databases.
• Hands-on lead/architect experience on large projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term technical vision and architecture for Cortex platforms.
• Design scalable, secure, cost-efficient distributed systems.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering teams.
• Lead cross-team architecture decisions for performance and velocity.
• Architect and optimize cloud-native infra and data pipelines.
• Own complex challenges spanning multiple services and products.
• Promote AI-native architectures and intelligent automation.
• Identify AI opportunities to accelerate development and testing.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/CE

Tools

REST APIs

Databases

Serverless computing

Microservices

AI/ML pipelines

LLM technologies

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for the Cortex Platform to lead the innovation, development, and scaling of AI-powered security products, including Cortex Cloud, XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM.

You will architect shared infrastructures and tackle complex backend challenges to deliver value to thousands of enterprise customers. Leveraging AI-native architectures and cloud technologies, you will optimize data processing pipelines and distributed systems, requiring a visionary