Principal Backend Engineer, Cortex Xpanse Collections

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 237,500; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Collections team within the Cortex Xpanse ASM platform. This role focuses on designing distributed systems to map the internet and building high-throughput data pipelines essential for Xpanse’s operations.

The ideal candidate should have at least 8 years of experience, proficiency in Java or Golang, and a deep understanding of distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary range from $147,000 to $237,500 annually.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in software engineering focused on backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java or Golang.
• Experience with real-time streaming or batch processing data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and scale distributed backend systems in Go.
• Develop data collection pipelines using Apache Beam.
• Investigate new data sources for customer impact analysis.

Skills

8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Proficiency in Java or Golang

Experience with data pipelines

Distributed systems knowledge

Cloud platform experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Apache Beam

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Engineer for the Collections team within the Cortex Xpanse ASM platform. This role focuses on designing distributed systems to map the internet and building high-throughput data pipelines essential for Xpanse’s operations.

The ideal candidate should have at least 8 years of experience, proficiency in Java or Golang, and a deep understanding of distributed systems. The position offers a competitive salary range from $147,000 to $237,500 annually.