Principal Software Engineer (Secure Access Service Edge)

Palo Alto Networks•Office - USA - CA - Headquarters, CA

5d•$156,400 - $253,000

About The Position

Palo Alto Networks’ SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) group is seeking a seasoned engineer to provide technical leadership on the Prisma Access (SASE) team. The role focuses on developing cloud-distributed applications and collaborating with a multidisciplinary software engineering team to design and build systems that address problems in the SASE area. The engineer will work in a small, fast-paced team, contribute throughout the product development cycle, and help identify and deliver product improvements and innovations informed by customer feedback.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience developing large-scale distributed applications using service-oriented architectures.
A BS or MS degree.
Strong experience developing Python- and Java-based microservices using REST APIs.
Experience developing applications with databases such as RDS or MongoDB and abstraction layers.
Experience developing caching layers to support database-system scale and performance.
Experience developing distributed applications that use messaging infrastructures such as Kafka.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud infrastructure and services such as AWS, GCP, or OCI.
Experience building and running containerized applications in distributed environments such as Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

Work in a small, fast-paced team to solve customer problems and deliver impactful results.
Contribute to all phases of the product development cycle, from definition and design through implementation and testing.
Proactively identify product features for improvement and innovation.
Develop new product features based on customer feedback.
Design and develop systems and cloud-distributed applications for Prisma Access (SASE).