Principal Engineer Software, FullStack ( Go, Angular)

Palo Alto Networks • San Francisco, CA

333d • $147,000 - $237,500

About The Position

The Cortex Vulnerability Intelligence Platform team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer (full stack) to join our team. This team is responsible for vulnerability intelligence collection, processing and presentation. The Vulnerability Intelligence Platform has an expansive knowledge of CVE and non-CVE vulnerability data, and supports interacting with that data by direct investigation as well as by detecting vulnerabilities in software.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a professional software engineer writing software (at least 3 of which in a full stack capacity)
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experienced and opinionated on software development and best practices across backend and frontend
• Able to switch between research, design, prototype, and implementation
• Working knowledge of at least one of the major cloud platforms (eg GCP, AWS, or Azure), preferably GCP
• Experience with CI/CD process
• Experience with frontend frameworks (Angular, React, etc.)
• Strong problem solving skills
• Technical team leadership

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in vulnerability management domain
• Experience handling raw data from the internet
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and vulnerability methodologies
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of how a variety of exploits work and shows skills in enumerating and selecting the correct exploit for a given system

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain features for the Vulnerability Intelligence Platform and the Cortex modules it supports
• Take part in and lead architecture strategy sessions - design solutions that accommodate the requirements of the various groups across Cortex
• Collaborate with teams to solve problems, reduce technical debt, and evolve development practices
• Drive technical best practices and evangelize new technologies within the engineering org
• Collaborate with other engineers and ensure that your team delivers high-quality output
• Take ownership of projects, drive them to completion, and support them in production

Benefits

• FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees
• Mental and financial health resources
• Personalized learning opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior