Principal Backend Engineer, AI Security Platform

Palo Alto Networks; California (MO); On-site; USD 156,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer for the Prisma AIRS team. You will design, develop, and optimize robust, scalable backend systems powering an AI security platform used by hundreds of enterprise customers.

Responsibilities include owning features end‑to‑end, collaborating with product managers and engineers, and mentoring junior engineers while driving high standards and innovation in a fast‑paced, cutting‑edge environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with distributed systems and web services in the cloud.
• Hands‑on programming in Java, Go, or Python across large platforms.
• Experience with cloud providers (GCP/AWS/Azure) and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Strong knowledge of microservices, Kubernetes, and scalable architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend systems powering AI security platform.
• Own features from definition to production release and testing.
• Collaborate with PMs, frontend, and infra teams to shape offerings.
• Ensure reliability, availability, and performance for enterprise customers.
• Mentor engineers and uphold high development standards.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

Cloud platforms

SQL/NoSQL

Microservices

Kubernetes

Leadership

Communication

Big projects

Tools

GitLab

Grafana

CI/CD

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer for the Prisma AIRS team. You will design, develop, and optimize robust, scalable backend systems powering an AI security platform used by hundreds of enterprise customers.

Responsibilities include owning features end‑to‑end, collaborating with product managers and engineers, and mentoring junior engineers while driving high standards and innovation in a fast‑paced, cutting‑edge environment.