Staff Backend Engineer - Cortex Platform

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Cortex backend team in Santa Clara. You will contribute to developing, innovating, and scaling Cortex Platform and related infrastructures to deliver value to thousands of customers.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering, proficiency in Python or Go, and experience with cloud and microservices. Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python or Go and building scalable server-side apps.
• Experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
• Distributed cloud products and microservices architecture exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end backend development of features and core components.
• Collaborate with peers across teams to design and integrate solutions.
• Engage with customers to understand challenges and provide robust technical solutions.
• Contribute to technical and architectural decisions, code and design reviews.

Skills

Python

Go

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Distributed cloud & microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Cortex backend team in Santa Clara. You will contribute to developing, innovating, and scaling Cortex Platform and related infrastructures to deliver value to thousands of customers.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering, proficiency in Python or Go, and experience with cloud and microservices. Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills are essential.