Palo Alto Dir / Sr SW Engineering Cortex 

Israel, Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo 

142767081

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

Your Career

As the Software Engineering Director / Sr Director, you will lead multiple backend engineering teams building and evolving our industry-leading security operations platform. You will define and drive the vision and strategy for software engineering—ensuring we deliver solutions that scale, perform, secure, and automate. Working in close partnership with product management, platform teams, and security research, you will oversee the design, development and delivery of innovative, dependable capabilities that meet evolving customer needs. A key part of your mission will be embedding AI-powered automation and intelligence throughout both our product architecture and engineering practices, positioning us to secure the future of software in the age of pervasive threats.

Your Impact

• Engineering Leadership: Lead and mentor backend engineering teams, driving recruitment, retention, and talent development. Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.

• Product Development: Oversee the design and delivery of secure, scalable software solutions, ensuring best practices in security throughout the development lifecycle.

• Collaboration: Work closely with product, security research, frontend engineering and other backend teams to align engineering with business goals and customer needs.

Your Experience

• 15+ years of Software Engineering experience

• 8+ years of managing multiple software engineering teams

• Experience with high scale & critical systems backend engineering.

• Demonstrated ability to lead through organizational change, balancing strategy with execution.

• Proven track record of delivering complex, secure, and scalable SaaS products.

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience required

• Detailed oriented with an ability to drill down into the technical bits and bytes while enabling your employees to deliver.

Advantage:

• Experience in the cybersecurity domain, with a solid understanding of security.

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