Palo Alto Principal Engineer Software Prisma Access 

United States, California 

675332248

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Lead architecture and development of platform services and Infrastructure tooling
• Build and extend internal developer portals (Backstage or similar) to improve discoverability, service onboarding, and operational visibility
• Design and deliver backend services and APIs that are secure, reliable, and easy to maintain
• Improve developer workflows across CI/CD, environment provisioning, and cloud automation
• Work across teams to define platform standards and enforce best practices
• Debug deep issues across distributed systems, networking, Kubernetes, and application layers
• Mentor engineers, influence architecture direction, and improve engineering quality
• Drive simplification and automation across the platform stack

Your Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in senior/staff/principal roles
• Strong experience as a full stack engineer (TypeScript/React on frontend + Go/Python backend)
• Hands-on experience building or customizing Backstage or similar internal developer portals
• Expertise in platform engineering, internal platforms, APIs, developer experience systems
• Strong foundation in distributed systems and microservice architecture
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS)
• Proven track record building CI/CD systems and improving engineering delivery
• Familiarity with observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, etc.)
• Experience influencing cross-team engineering decisions and driving technical strategy

Nice to Have

• Experience building developer platforms as a product
• Plugin development experience for Backstage
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure automation
• Service mesh experience (Istio/ASM etc.)
• Experience at a platform-focused startup or large-scale cloud environment

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 $173,000 - $237,500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

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