Principal Software Engineer - Agentic AI Security (Cortex)

Palo Alto Networks

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About The Position

The Palo Alto Networks® CASB team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help build our CASB Security capability on the cloud. You will help build a world-class security service for Fortune 100 companies and be part of a team working on ground-breaking cloud security offerings. You will accelerate the development team in delivering security as a service in the public cloud by providing highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience, with a focus on cloud-native application development.
Minimum of 1 year of experience in AI Security research, performing security evaluations, and threat modeling.
Minimum of 6 years of experience running workloads on cloud-based architectures (AWS/GCP preferred).
Minimum of 6 years of experience in cloud technologies like ElasticSearch, Redis, Kafka, or MongoDB.
Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Java, with experience in building distributed systems.
Knowledge of AI/LLM security, application security, network security, and secure coding practices.
Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities for Low Code/No Code and AI.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
Experience with backend development (REST APIs, Databases, Serverless) of distributed cloud applications.

Nice To Haves

BS/MS in Computer Science or another engineering/technical degree.
Experience and interest in reverse engineering, jailbreaking, and hacking AI systems.
Experience with Low Code/No Code platforms like Microsoft Power Platform or Salesforce.
Experience with Agentic AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, Amazon Bedrock, or Google Vertex AI.
Strong understanding of DevOps and Continuous Delivery principles.
Experience with building and delivering services and workflows at scale using microservices architectures.
Experience with AI-based conversational UI, chatbot platforms, and AI Agents.
Experience with the agile process in software development teams.

Responsibilities

Develop software products for Agentic AI Security.
Discover attack vectors for AI Agents and Low Code/No Code applications.
Collaborate with PMs and Engineering Leaders to define features for securing AI agents and applications.
Conduct quick prototyping and POCs to demonstrate security issues and potential solutions for Agentic AI platforms.
Write clean, testable, readable, and maintainable code in Java, Python, or Go.
Design, develop, and implement scalable software features and infrastructure for our cloud-native security platform.
Work cross-functionally with Product, SRE, and Engineering teams to deliver new security-as-a-service offerings.
Collaborate with customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes.