Software Engineer (Malware Detection)

Palo Alto Networks•Santa Clara, CA

23h•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 Your Career As a member of the Wildfire team, you will be responsible for prototyping, and rapid development of next-generation malware detection systems and tools. Success will require innovation and persistence in the face of unforeseen issues and outright failures. You will take ownership for implementing solutions to complex, multi-system problems; for creating tools and techniques which enable industry redefining research and development. This is a role for experienced professionals. Your Impact Work on designing and renovating the Wildfire analyzer to advance into a new generation of multi platforms cloud service platform, for both static and dynamic analysis. Work with threat researchers to analyze malware and security threats to determine and close the gaps in coverage with new or improved static and dynamic analysis. Architect and design with the team and document complex systems. Write scalable and testable software using modern cloud architectures Collaborate within the team and across organizations to influence and achieve the end goal. Expand cloud offering to improve detection against new malware threats

Requirements

Proficient in C++, Python and Linux development environment
Experience working on sandbox technology and malware analysis
Ability to work with small teams to solve complex problems
Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
BS/MS/PhD in computer science/engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with large scale File/Data Parsing development is preferred
Understanding of cloud service and Kubernetes are preferred

Responsibilities

Prototyping and rapid development of next-generation malware detection systems and tools.
Implementing solutions to complex, multi-system problems.
Creating tools and techniques which enable industry redefining research and development.
Designing and renovating the Wildfire analyzer to advance into a new generation of multi platforms cloud service platform, for both static and dynamic analysis.
Working with threat researchers to analyze malware and security threats to determine and close the gaps in coverage with new or improved static and dynamic analysis.
Architecting and designing complex systems with the team and documenting them.
Writing scalable and testable software using modern cloud architectures.
Collaborating within the team and across organizations to influence and achieve the end goal.
Expanding cloud offering to improve detection against new malware threats.