Principal Engineer Software (Threat Data Platform)

Palo Alto Networks • San Jose, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place. Who We Are In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary The Team Engineering - Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. 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. Job Summary Join the Threat Data Platform (TDP) engineering team at Palo Alto Networks, where we are redefining how threat intelligence is automated and analyzed. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will build AI-driven tools that empower researchers to develop sophisticated, high-fidelity threat models. Your mission is to innovate and scale our core data pipelines, ensuring seamless integration across the PANW product ecosystem to deliver critical security value to thousands of global customers.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building large-scale enterprise applications and high-availability data APIs.
• Professional-level proficiency in Java (core backend) and a strong command of RESTful API design.
• Proven experience with major cloud providers (GCP preferred or AWS) and their managed services.
• Experience with Python for data manipulation, alongside expertise in Linux environments and shell scripting.
• Strong grasp of varied database architectures, including SQL, NoSQL, Time-series, and GraphDB.
• Experience operating within Kubernetes (K8s) environments and a solid understanding of modern CI/CD workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with building complex analytical solutions and optimizing data pipelines for machine learning or AI-driven insights.
• Specific experience with GCP services such as Pub/Sub, Kafka, Dataflow, Spark, BigQuery, and BigTable.
• Experience with GraphDB specifically for threat relationship mapping.

Responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end development of backend features and core components, from initial architectural design and testing to deployment and long-term maintenance.
• Design and optimize high-throughput ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest and transform complex threat data into actionable intelligence within our data warehouse.
• Build and maintain high-performance data warehouses and scalable APIs that serve as the backbone for PANW’s internal security researchers.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into elegant, scalable technical solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence through rigorous code and design reviews, contributing to the team’s architectural roadmap and best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees