Palo Alto Senior Software Engineer - CWP Cortex Cloud 

Israel, Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo 

963589510

Job Summary

You’ll not only write great code – you’ll influence product strategy, design scalable systems, and help drive key decisions that will shape the future of cloud workload protection.

A key part of this role is championing and leveraging the latest generative AI tools and assistants (such as Gemini) in your day-to-day engineering workflow. We expect you to utilize these advanced tools to accelerate the development lifecycle—from ideation and coding to root-cause analysis, testing, and system optimization.

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Key Responsibilities

• Play a key role in building cloud-native security features that protect real-world workloads from malware, secrets exposure, and other threats
• Lead the development of major features – from product discussions and technical design to implementation and testing
• Design and build scalable backend services using Golang and modern cloud-native technologies
• Research and integrate new technologies to improve detection, performance, and platform capabilities
• Help define best practices and drive engineering excellence across the team

Your Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering
• Experience in Go/Python/Java or similar languages, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Strong grasp of engineering fundamentals, including system design, data structures, and algorithms
• Demonstrated experience with modern development standards, including CI/CD pipelines, comprehensive testing methodologies (unit, integration, E2E), and rigorous code reviews
• Proficiency in at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experienced with observability (monitoring, logging, tracing), profiling, and enhancing system performance

Preferred Qualifications

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

Advantage

• Experience in Go - strong advantage
• Experience in building and managing distributed cloud-based SaaS applications
• Experience in cyber-security domain

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