Senior Principal Backend Engineer - Scalable Cloud Security

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; United States; Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Principal Backend Engineer to lead the Cortex backend, shaping data pipelines, analytics, and APIs for Cortex XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM. You will drive scalable architectures, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and UX teams to deliver industry-leading security solutions.

The role emphasizes a can-do attitude, solving complex cybersecurity challenges, and contributing to shared infrastructures across a fast-paced, innovative team in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 14+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on distributed, cloud-native application development.
• Expert-level programming skills in Python, Go, or Java, with proven experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• Extensive experience with cloud development, including REST APIs, databases, serverless computing, and microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader, providing consultation and cross-team collaboration.
• Drive end-to-end project lifecycle from requirements to design and implementation, as a project lead or mentor.
• Align work across product, UX design, and engineering stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate risks to ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data models and queries (MySQL, BigQuery).
• Develop backend services using Python (Flask) and Go; ensure high performance of APIs.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

ElasticSearch

Google Pub/Sub

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Senior Principal Backend Engineer to lead the Cortex backend, shaping data pipelines, analytics, and APIs for Cortex XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM. You will drive scalable architectures, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and UX teams to deliver industry-leading security solutions.

The role emphasizes a can-do attitude, solving complex cybersecurity challenges, and contributing to shared infrastructures across a fast-paced, innovative team in a hybrid work