Principal Software Engineer, Threat Data Platform

Cyber Social Hub; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Threat Data Platform (TDP) engineering team. You will build AI-driven tools to enable researchers to develop sophisticated threat models and scale core data pipelines across the PANW product ecosystem.

The role focuses on end-to-end backend development, high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines, and integrating with internal security researchers. Collaboration and engineering excellence are essential in this on-site role with flexible

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building large-scale enterprise applications and high-availability data APIs.
• Proficiency in Java (core backend) and RESTful API design.
• Experience with major cloud providers (GCP preferred or AWS) and their managed services.
• Python for data manipulation, Linux environments, and shell scripting.
• Strong grasp of SQL, NoSQL, Time-series, and GraphDB databases.
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and modern CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end development of backend features and core components from design to deployment and maintenance.
• Design and optimize high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines ingesting threat data into actionable intelligence in the data warehouse.
• Build and maintain data warehouses and scalable APIs serving security researchers.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence through code/design reviews and architectural roadmaps.

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

Python

Linux

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GCP

AWS

ETL pipelines

SQL

NoSQL

Time-series DB

GraphDB

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS

Tools

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Dataflow

Spark

BigQuery

BigTable

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Threat Data Platform (TDP) engineering team. You will build AI-driven tools to enable researchers to develop sophisticated threat models and scale core data pipelines across the PANW product ecosystem.

The role focuses on end-to-end backend development, high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines, and integrating with internal security researchers. Collaboration and engineering excellence are essential in this on-site role with flexible