Palo Alto Sr Principal Engineer Software NGFW- Cloud Security 

United States, California 

958441782

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

Your Impact

• Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features on our next-generation security platform as part of NextGen Firewall as a Service

• Ownership of end to end workflow for a major component of the service in its first version

• Leadership opportunity to drive collaboration with internal/external cross-functional efforts to deliver best in quality software

• Open Engineering environment to suggest and improve the development process for a v1 service

• Proactively spot, articulate, and mitigate risks in ongoing and planned projects to ensure smooth execution and high output – this may include providing ad hoc mentorship, communicating with project stakeholders, or rolling up your sleeves and stepping in to help move things along

• Collaboratively work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues and build better customer experiences

• Design and build backend services using Go

• Interview, mentor and coach new team members as part of the growing team

Your Experience

• 14+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on cloud-native application development, at large organizations or innovative startups

• Strong programming skills in one of Python, Go, or Java, with experience in building distributed systems

• Experience with cloud-native service development stack on AWS, Azure, GCP or OCI

• Experience with complex Cloud Networking Topologies and Multi-Cloud-Interconnect

• Experience with cloud development (REST APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications

• Experience with building and delivering services and workflows at scale, leveraging microservices architectures

• Strong technical leadership skills with a can-do attitude.

• Ability to explain the architecture and design with complete rationale behind design decisions

• High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies

• Education:

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent

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 $225 - $250/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.