Sr Manager, Software Engineering - Logging (Chronosphere)

Palo Alto Networks; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks' Chronosphere team is seeking an Engineering Manager who will lead the distributed logging platform engineering effort. You will support a team of 10+ engineers, coach them, and ensure reliable delivery while navigating a complex roadmap with product and infrastructure priorities.

You will collaborate with product and design, manage roadmaps, and help engineers grow. The role is remote in the United States, with cross‑geography collaboration to solve big problems and stay

Qualifications

• Experience partnering with product and design.
• Ability to turn ambiguity into clear direction and priorities.
• Ability to establish and adapt processes to empower teams.
• Experience coaching and developing software engineers across backgrounds.
• Familiarity with enterprise software and SaaS delivery models.
• Strong track record of leadership and delivering with high velocity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a 10+ engineer team, balancing roadmap and reliability.
• Partner with product and design to align on logging product direction and priorities.
• Drive delivery sequencing and day-to-day execution across product and infrastructure.
• Foster a healthy team environment and remove barriers to enable high performance.
• Own reliability and uptime of your product area in production and ensure scalable operations.
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders on broader organizational initiatives.

Skills

Partnering with product/design

Ambiguity to clarity

Process establishment/change

Empowering engineers

Enterprise software/SaaS familiarity

Engineering leadership/coaching

Empathy for engineers

Job description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting‑edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

About us

Chronosphere, a Palo Alto Networks company, is the observability platform built for control in the modern, containerized world. Chronosphere empowers customers to focus on the data and insights that matter by reducing complexity, optimizing costs, and remediating issues faster. Chronosphere reduces data volumes and associated costs by 84% on average while saving developers thousands of hours. Recognized as a leader by major analyst firms, Chronosphere is trusted by the world's most innovative brands, including DoorDash, Affirm, and Zillow.

About The Role

We are looking for our Engineering Manager who has a solid track record of developing and nurturing strong teams, while maintaining the hands‑on technical abilities to navigate and contribute to our engineering roadmap. You will be responsible for supporting the engineering team that owns the distributed systems powering Chronosphere’s logging platform. You are comfortable working within a complex product and infrastructure roadmap and have the ability to prioritize and balance work across our individual contributors. You know how to support engineers at all stages of their career, and are motivated to help them do their best work.

Qualifications

You Will

• Partner with key stakeholders such as product and design to vet the direction for the logging product, drive alignment and prioritization on the team
• Manage projects to both the product and infrastructure roadmaps, establish delivery sequence, and drive day‑to‑day execution focused on priorities
• Balance work across our individual contributors and help them do their best work by creating a healthy team environment
• Support and hire up a team of 10+ engineers through all stages of their career via feedback, coaching, performance management
• Eliminate barriers to execution and help drive efficiency and high velocity for the team
• Own the reliability of your product area in production. Our engineering teams are responsible for the uptime of their systems, and you will ensure that your team has the focus, tools, and process needed to reliably ship and manage these systems
• Collaborate with other engineering leaders on wider organizational initiatives.

What You Will Achieve

In the first month, you will build a deep understanding of Chronosphere’s platform and begin contributing to the product. You will have time to learn about the space, our customer’s needs, and the underlying technology, and will contribute to small features to gain familiarity with the stack. Furthermore you’ll develop an understanding of the architecture of Chronosphere’s distributed storage systems as well as the team’s on‑going projects and forward looking roadmap. After your month, you will take ownership of the roadmap for your area, working with product and your engineering team to establish priorities and a delivery plan, and beginning to identify and drive strategic initiatives forward.

You Have

• Experience partnering with product and design.
• An ability to take on ambiguity and evolve it into clear direction and priorities for the team by driving alignment and accountability.
• Ability to establish and change processes to empower the team to achieve their goals.
• Experience iterating with product and design and empowering engineers to go from high level requirements to execution plan, and have a track record of successful delivery on the team.
• Familiarity with enterprise software and software as a service. We deliver a highly reliable service to demanding business customers, and you should understand how this impacts the way product is built, validated, released, and operated.
• Experience coaching and developing software engineers of varied backgrounds and levels.
• Empathy and understanding of how to support engineers to do their best work.

Location

United States - Remote

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com‑missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [e-mail].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.