Palo Alto Sr Staff Software Engineer Cortex Xpanse Collections 

United States, California 

917491669

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

Your Impact

As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Collections team, you will

• Design and develop robust data collection pipelines using Java multithreading and Apache Beam frameworks

• Architect and implement scalable ETL and ELT processes to handle data ranging from gigabytes to petabytes in size

• Design and optimize data storage and indexing solutions for both real-time streaming and batch processing applications

• Enhance and optimize Internet scanning workloads in Golang

• Investigate new data sources and perform data analysis to estimate customer impact

• Collaborate with the rest of your team on architectural direction, managing technical debt, and continuously evolving the team's agile development process

• Engage with downstream teams to enable the creation of new customer-facing features

• Mentor other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output

• Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production

Your Experience

• 4+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing back end software.

• Have a passion for writing software that boosts the productivity of other software development teams. Excited to dig in, prototype, build, test, and see projects through to production; results driven, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experienced and opinionated about API design and distributed backend systems. Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation.

• Are proficient in Java or Golang

• Familiar with at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg., GCP, AWS or Azure).

These will fetch you bonus points

• Have expertise with any of the following: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigTable, Apache Beam, low-level Internet protocols, database profiling
• Have experience using and enhancing CI/CD systems

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 $149k - $190k/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.