Sr Staff Software Engineer Cortex Vulnerability Intelligence Platform

Palo Alto Networks; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its Cortex Vulnerability Intelligence Platform. The role involves full stack development, technical leadership, and collaboration to enhance security solutions. You will drive initiatives, improve practices, and build features, contributing to company innovation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years as a software engineer, including 3+ in full stack.
• Strong proficiency in Go and experience with CI/CD.
• Working knowledge of major cloud platforms, preferably GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain features for the Vulnerability Intelligence Platform.
• Lead architecture sessions and collaborate with teams.
• Drive best practices and support projects in production.

Skills

Problem Solving

Technical Leadership

Collaboration

Full Stack Development

Software Development Best Practices

Technical Evangelism

Tools

Go

CI/CD

Angular

React

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Description

Your Career

The Cortex Vulnerability Intelligence Platform team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer (full stack) to join our team. This team is responsible for vulnerability intelligence collection, processing and presentation. The Vulnerability Intelligence Platform has an expansive knowledge of CVE and non-CVE vulnerability data, and supports interacting with that data by direct investigation as well as by detecting vulnerabilities in software. This role is located onsite at our HQ in Santa Clara, CA.

Your Impact

• Design, build, and maintain features for the Vulnerability Intelligence Platform and the Cortex modules it supports
• Take part in and lead architecture strategy sessions - design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various groups across Cortex
• Collaborate with teams to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practices
• Drive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering org
• Collaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
• Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production

Qualifications:
Qualifications

Your Experience

• 6+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing software (at least 3 of which in a full stack capacity)
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experienced and opinionated on software development and best practices across backend and frontend
• Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
• Working knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCP
• Experience with CI/CD process
• Experience with frontend frameworks (Angular, React, etc.)
• Strong problem solving skills
• Technical team leadership

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in vulnerability management domain
• Experience handling raw data from the internet
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologies
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given system

Additional Information

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/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $147,000/YR - $200,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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?: Yes