Principal Software Engineer, Prisma AIRS Runtime Security

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Prisma AIRS Runtime Security team. You will shape the future of AI security as a technical visionary and strategic leader, partnering with executives, product, UX, ML, and cross‑functional teams to architect and deliver enterprise‑grade solutions.

You’ll drive performance, scalability, and architectural standards across backend services, mentor engineers, and help build a world‑class security platform at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or a Master's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Deep domain expertise in designing, building, and operating highly scalable, fault‑tolerant distributed systems, with exceptional programming skills in Python or Golang.
• Proven track record of designing enterprise‑wide Microservices architectures, building, and deploying high‑throughput, globally scaled APIs to meet strict SLOs.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional collaboration with Product Management, SRE, ML, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver new, enterprise‑grade security as a service offerings in a timely fashion.
• Tackle complex, ambiguous technical challenges across system boundaries, translating high‑level product and security vision into resilient, production‑ready backend architectures.
• Proactively identify technical bottlenecks and scaling opportunities, driving continuous performance and efficiency optimizations to maximize throughput, lower latency, and streamline resource utilization at scale.
• Evangelize and implement modern engineering best practices, including agentic coding workflows and spec‑driven development within the team.
• Lead the architectural design and execution of large‑scale enterprise systems with model serving infrastructure, ensuring seamless, scalable integration across backend services and partner engineering services.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning within the team.

Skills

Python

Golang

Distributed systems

Microservices

Kubernetes

Cloud (GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab

ArgoCD

Grafana

Prometheus

GCP

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Prisma AIRS Runtime Security team. You will shape the future of AI security as a technical visionary and strategic leader, partnering with executives, product, UX, ML, and cross‑functional teams to architect and deliver enterprise‑grade solutions.

You’ll drive performance, scalability, and architectural standards across backend services, mentor engineers, and help build a world‑class security platform at scale.