Palo Alto Principal Software Engineer Test Prisma SASE 

United States, California 

611491759

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

Your Impact

• Lead a team of engineers building high-scale backend services, deployed in Kubernetes and leveraging GCP’s data and compute infrastructure

• Own project delivery across the full software lifecycle—from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and support

• Drive technical strategy and architecture for core ADEM services, including data ingestion, processing, and analytics

• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, and SRE teams to ensure performance, reliability, and security at scale

• Encourage engineering best practices in CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure automation

• Grow and mentor a high-impact engineering team through coaching, feedback, and career development

• Promote a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement within the team

• Identify process and architectural improvements to scale engineering effectiveness and system performance

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership roles

• Proven success managing cloud-native applications on GCP (or AWS/Azure), especially with GKE/Kubernetes

• Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and REST/gRPC APIs

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java

• Deep knowledge of GCP services: Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, IAM, and VPC networking

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD practices

• Familiarity with telemetry and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

• Solid grasp of networking, security, and scaling strategies for cloud-based services

• Experience with large-scale data systems and analytics pipelines is a plus

• Strong people leadership and team-building skills; ability to grow talent and drive delivery

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital 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 $185,000 - $270,000/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.