Principal Software Engineer (Frontend, Developer Experience)

Palo Alto Networks; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

On-site gym

Equity grants

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Flexible time off

401(k) match

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks' Developer Experience group seeks experienced engineers to craft intuitive, fast, and reliable user experiences for our observability platform used by software engineers to diagnose incidents with confidence. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and peers to turn petabytes of telemetry into clear visualizations and workflows, driving high-quality UI across services.

You will mentor others and help evolve the UI/API architecture using TypeScript, React,

Qualifications

• Experience crafting intuitive, fast, reliable UI for developers diagnosing incidents.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to ship high-quality interfaces.
• Experience with large-scale observability data and dashboards preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of developer-focused UI features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate telemetry into actionable visuals.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to automated testing and deployment tooling.
• Help evolve the architecture powering UIs and APIs (TypeScript, React, GraphQL, NodeJS).

Skills

TypeScript

React

GraphQL

NodeJS

Observability

UI collaboration

Job description

• The Developer Experience group is focused on improving the experience for our end users across our industrial-scale Software-as-a-Service observability platform
• We are seeking experienced engineers who can craft intuitive, fast, and reliable user experiences empowering software engineers to diagnose and resolve incidents with confidence
• You will collaborate directly with Product, Design, and engineering peers to build interfaces that help developers navigate complex environments with petabytes of telemetry data, turning that data into actionable, easy-to-understand visualizations and workflows
• Drive development of user experiences that surface critical insights at a glance, streamline troubleshooting, and reduce cognitive load during high-pressure situations
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate complex observability data into intuitive interfaces and workflows
• Question designs, incorporate user feedback, and own the quality of what you ship
• Work with engineers across the organization to evolve the architecture powering our UIs and APIs (TypeScript, React, GraphQL, NodeJS)
• Work closely with talented engineers in a fast-paced environment that fosters accelerated learning, continuous growth, and career development
• Share accountability with UI-focused engineers across the company to build and maintain automated tests, tooling, and deployment infrastructure to improve efficiency
• Mentor your colleagues in engineering reliable, performant, high-quality user experiences through direct mentorship and engineering infrastructure improvements
• Contribute to the direction of the product, and help evolve the overall platform architecture to meet product and scale needs

Benefits

• Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
• Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
• Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
• Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
• Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
• Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.

Life at Palo Alto Network

• Independently own projects from inception to delivery while collaborating with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers
• A habit of seeking feedback to improve your work and the ability to ask for help when you need it
• A flexible, collaborative working style in a rapidly evolving space
• Curiosity and motivation to learn deep, complex domains
• Experience using observability tools and/or working with large-scale distributed systems to empathize with our customers and understand their observability challenges
• Fluency in building products with TypeScript and React