Principal Software Engineer (L7 Security)

Palo Alto Networks•Santa Clara, CA

10d•$147,000 - $237,500•Onsite

About The Position

This is a high-impact, heavy-hitting Principal Software Engineer role within the Layer-7 Security Software team (highly indicative of Palo Alto Networks' core engineering group). The individual will drive the technical leadership and end-to-end delivery of high-scale, distributed cloud security solutions and next-generation firewalls (NGFW). This team is the literal engine room of the company’s revenue, responsible for core capabilities like Application Identification (App-ID) and Content Inspection across hardware, virtual, container, and cloud environments.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Computer Science, similar technical discipline or equivalent practical experience, Graduate degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or similar technical discipline is preferred or equivalent military experience required
7-10 Years Experience in design and developing scalable solutions in relevant area.
Experience in C and Python programming.
Proficient with Go programming
Experience with Redis, SQL or NoSQL database
Experience in Cloud Technologies like Kubernetes, Kafka, MogoDB, Redis etc.
Experience with HTTP and web server backend development
Experience with networking development, eg. TCP/UDP, Socket programming
Experience with multi-threaded programming and large-scale, distributed, and/or high-performance software design and architect
Teammate who brings a can-do attitude to a dynamic working environment and is comfortable learning new technologies and platforms
Verbal and written communication skills to work with multi-functional groups

Nice To Haves

Experience with container orchestration platforms, specifically Docker and Kubernetes.
Comprehensive understanding of public cloud design considerations, including microservice architectures, global network infrastructure, and load balancing.
Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking protocols and principles.
Prior experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for the end-to-end delivery of solutions, ensuring alignment with cross-functional product management and quality assurance teams.
Design, implement, and troubleshoot robust next-generation cloud security solutions to address complex network security challenges.
Drive the development of scalable cloud security architecture through hands-on coding and strategic architectural planning.
Manage the full product development lifecycle, from definition and design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
Collaborate proactively with Product Management, SRE, and Quality Engineering to deliver high-quality security-as-a-service offerings to market.
Simplify complex technical issues to improve end-customer outcomes by working closely with customer support teams.
Foster a culture of innovation, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving within the engineering organization.