Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Threat Research Engineering)
About The Position
The Threat Research Engineering team specializes in providing tools that empower researchers across the company to work more efficiently. Our team bridges the gap between modern application development best practices and the world-class research teams within Palo Alto Networks. This role will challenge you to become a true force-multiplier, partnering with our researchers through designing and building threat-centric application workflows, process automations, and the creation of intelligent data architectures that enable the analysis and exploration of threat intelligence and telemetry data at scale
Requirements
- Strong understanding and usage of Python, SQL, and working knowledge of one or more non-relational databases such as ElasticSearch, Cassandra, BigQuery, etc.
- Strong background in developing JS based frontends, preferably in React
- Experience developing container based applications using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Demonstrated full stack programming capability and desire to mature an idea or feature from pseudo-code to a minimum viable product
- Creation of, and integration with REST APIs. Experience with Flask, FastAPI or other Python frameworks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Google Cloud Spanner and Google Cloud Storage is a plus
- Experience with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP is a plus
- Background or interest in threat intelligence and applied security is a plus
Responsibilities
- Implement REST APIs and workflows using Python: You will integrate with diverse data stores (e.g., SQL, Spanner, BigQuery), systems that manage petabytes of critical threat data.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of intuitive web-based applications using React: You will assist in building the user interfaces that help researchers visualize and analyze complex threat intelligence.
- Team Collaboration: Actively partner with other development teams and stakeholders to understand technical specifications and ensure smooth integration of systems and feature dependencies.
- Deployment and DevOps: Participate in our release cycles and use continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
