Senior Software Engineer (Cortex Backend Engineering)

Palo Alto Networks•Santa Clara, CA

15d•$126,000 - $200,500•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Staff Backend Engineer to join our Cortex backend engineering group. The group develops and maintains the backend of Cortex products - Cortex XSOAR, Cortex XDR, and Cortex XSIAM. You will join a team focused on developing, innovating, and scaling the Cortex Platform, along with contributing to shared Cortex infrastructures and components. We are looking for candidates with a can-do attitude, who are passionate about complex problems and thrive on bringing value to thousands of customers.

Requirements

M.S/B.S degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 5+ years of software engineering experience, including development of a scalable server-side application
Experienced with a variety of database technologies (RDBMS / NoSQL)
Experience in distributed cloud products and architecture
Experience in designing, building, and maintaining high scale server-side application
High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infra

Nice To Haves

Experience in Python / Go - an advantage
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. GCP / AWS / Azure)
Experience with Kubernetes/Docker - advantage

Responsibilities

End-to-end backend development of features and core components across their entire life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)
Collaborate with peers across different teams and disciplines to shape solutions and integrate with other parts of the product
Work with customers and provide solutions to their day-to-day work and challenges
Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions

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