Principal Backend Engineer – Cloud-Native Security Platform

Palo Alto Networks; United States; On-site; USD 147,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and implement Threat Intelligence Services for public and private cloud features, including WildFire integration. You will lead the architecture redesign with cloud-native microservices on GCP and drive scalable submissions.

You will contribute across the full lifecycle, collaborating with product managers, architects, and dev-ops to ensure high-quality releases and robust security services in the cloud.

Qualifications

• Hands-on, principal level software engineer implementing massively scalable platforms leveraging cloud technologies and distributed systems.
• Advanced level programming in Python, GoLang.
• Experience designing microservices architecture using containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated experience working with Public Cloud Services such as AWS or GCP and designing cloud-native solutions.
• Knowledge of the DevOps workflow.
• Experience with data infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis, BigTable, BigQuery.
• Experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka or PubSub.
• Experience with multi-threads and multi-processes achieving a common goal.
• Experience in leading and doing big projects end to end.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time security services for customers.
• Establish a clear technical and architectural vision for key projects.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and dev-ops to deliver quality releases.
• Make trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while ensuring performance and scalability.
• Lead redesigns using cloud-native GCP solutions.
• Mentor junior developers.

Skills

Python

GoLang

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

SQL/NoSQL

RabbitMQ/Kafka/PubSub

Multi-threading

Leadership

Communication

BS/MS in CS/CE

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering

MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

BigQuery

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design and implement Threat Intelligence Services for public and private cloud features, including WildFire integration. You will lead the architecture redesign with cloud-native microservices on GCP and drive scalable submissions.

You will contribute across the full lifecycle, collaborating with product managers, architects, and dev-ops to ensure high-quality releases and robust security services in the cloud.