Senior Principal Platform Architect – Foundational Cloud

Palo Alto Networks; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks senior engineers to advance a scalable cloud platform and security-first architecture. You will architect services, lead cross-functional teams, and drive robust, secure deployments across global regions.

Expertise in Go, Node.js, Python, and cloud-native tooling is essential. You will mentor engineers, influence product strategy, and contribute to core frameworks while delivering high-quality, reliable software.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience building large-scale enterprise SaaS applications, with 5+ years in lead technical architecture or Staff/Principal roles.
• Deep hands-on experience with high-concurrency microservices in Go, Node.js, and Python.
• Proven expertise with relational/NoSQL stores and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end architectural strategy for high-scale platform domains (IAM/RBAC, licensing lifecycle, device management, orchestration).
• Design and build resilient microservices using Go, Node.js, Python, GCP and Temporal.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Python

OAuth2/OIDC

RBAC/ABAC

Kubernetes

GKE

Temporal

Tools

GCP

AWS

Terraform

Helm

GitOps

Istio mTLS

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks senior engineers to advance a scalable cloud platform and security-first architecture. You will architect services, lead cross-functional teams, and drive robust, secure deployments across global regions.

Expertise in Go, Node.js, Python, and cloud-native tooling is essential. You will mentor engineers, influence product strategy, and contribute to core frameworks while delivering high-quality, reliable software.