Sr Staff Engineer Software

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

3d•$126,000 - $204,500•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 As a Senior Software Engineer you are expected to quickly onboard and help build and maintain the User Directory product which includes integrations into Active Directory, LDAP, and other external Identity Providers for user information. You need to be self-organized and should be self-sufficient enough to work with minimum mentoring and supervision. Understand customer scenarios and requirements to validate the best solution. Design and develop high quality software and own the product features end to end including UI, backend, and test automation. Continuously raise the bar for development practices and need to be abreast with the latest technologies both in the company and industry and be able to utilize them to good effect. You will also spend time collaborating closely with other engineers on larger features.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science
6+ years of experience working as a software developer on agile teams
At least 4+ years of experience in cloud development or enterprise applications
Experience using source code management tools such as GIT, Bitbucket
C# expertise – The ability to get up and running with little to no guidance on how to write C# applications
Experience with Active Directory and/or LDAP, MFA, IaaS, IAM, Authentication and authorization
Experience working with AI agents
Strong object-oriented design and coding skills and experience writing reusable, generic APIs
Understanding of PKI, Certificate security, encryption, HTTPS
Strong programming, debugging and troubleshooting skills
Strong written and oral communication and collaboration skills, ability to collaborate effectively in team, across team and with management and other disciplines
Effective team player

Nice To Haves

Experience with ReactJS and Javascript

Responsibilities

Understand customer scenarios and requirements to suggest and develop innovative technical solutions and tools in the User Directory product
Facilitate collaboration with engineering team, product management, and designers.
You need to be self-organized and should be self-sufficient enough to work with minimum mentoring and supervision.