Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Platform & Security (Go)

Palo Alto Networks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to help build the next generation cloud control plane and scale deployments in hybrid environments. You will design and implement scalable cloud services that secure enterprise networks.

Lead hands-on development of microservices, guide end-to-end delivery with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers, while advancing our security-focused platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building large enterprise applications.
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate with many cross-functional teams with an emphasis on end-to-end delivery.
• Experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, peer review, and operations.
• Experience with Certificate Life Cycle management is preferred.
• Excellent programming skills in GoLang is a must, Python is a plus.
• Strong fundamentals in object oriented design and development is a must. Experience with or familiarity of Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration is required.
• Experience developing microservice based solutions on public cloud infrastructure is highly desirable. Experience developing in Kubernetes based environments is a plus.
• Experience building data management solutions using transactional data stores is required. Knowledge of and experience building enterprise software with graph databases is highly desirable.
• Experience building network and security configuration management systems is highly desirable
• MS/BS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, Collaborate and Develop highly scalable cloud control plane for managing services at scale in hybrid deployments.
• Hands-on participation in developing next generation configuration management architecture.
• Technical leadership and end-to-end delivery of solutions in collaboration with cross-functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in a fast paced environment.
• Deliberate and build frameworks to improve quality of micro services
• Work with Devops and Technical Support teams to investigate and resolve critical customer defects.
• Recruit and Mentor new team members.

Skills

GoLang

Python

Microservices

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Public Cloud

Education

MS/BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Palo Alto Networks in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to help build the next generation cloud control plane and scale deployments in hybrid environments. You will design and implement scalable cloud services that secure enterprise networks.

Lead hands-on development of microservices, guide end-to-end delivery with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers, while advancing our security-focused platform.