Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks® Cloud Infrastructure team is looking for an accomplished Senior Software Engineer to help scale out our compute infrastructure platform with a sharp focus on platform and infrastructure capabilities. As a member of the team, you have the unique opportunity to:

• Be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking platform engineering and cloud Infrastructure to help innovate security solutions
• Lead initiatives in the platform team to deliver compute as a service in the public cloud and private cloud by providing highly scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant services
• Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition and design, through implementation, testing, and field deployment

Your Impact

• Lead the technology strategy for building out world-class platform and cloud infrastructure solutions, influencing critical decisions on technology, architecture, integration, and go-to-market strategies
• Design, develop, and implement highly scalable software features and infrastructure on our next-generation compute infrastructure platform
• Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution, quality, and speed
• Lead cross-functionally with Developers, SRE, Software, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver new compute-infra as a service offerings to the market in a timely fashion with excellent quality
• Develop a strong culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness
• Work closely with customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes
• Foster innovation within the organization

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BS/MS in Computer Science, other engineering/technical degree, or equivalent military experience required
• 5+ years of experience in highly technical roles in the development of enterprise services at large organizations or innovative startups
• Preferred hands-on experience and working knowledge of DNS Services
• Experience running complex workloads on cloud-based architectures (AWS/GCP experience preferred)
• Experience with the agile process and leading software development teams involved in building out full-stack products, deployed on the cloud at scale
• Experience with building and delivering services and workflows at scale, leveraging microservices architectures
• Hands-on programming experience in one or more of the following - Java, Golang, Python
• Experience in cloud technologies like Celery, Redis, MongoDB
• Experience with backend development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS) or other container orchestration platforms
• Good understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in areas of microservice architectures, security, global network infrastructure, distributed systems, and load balancing
• Strong understanding of principles of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude and ability to make trade-off judgments with data-driven decision-making
• Enjoy working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communication skills

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled opportunity to build the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. We are looking for an individual who feels comfortable in ambiguity, is excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the idea of working on solutions that will help everyone by providing a secure digital environment.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on your degree or progress toward degree , qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer, the starting rate is expected to be $175,000/yr for the specific role.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes