Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Full-Stack Engineer to join our team. As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will utilize your extensive experience in both frontend and backend technologies to shape and enhance our product. You will play a pivotal role in developing cutting-edge web applications that drive our cybersecurity efforts. Our Full-Stack Engineers are crucial in building and maintaining robust and scalable solutions.

This role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus, and in office 3 days a week.

Your Impact

As a Principal Full-Stack Engineer, your key responsibilities will include:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure web applications used by customers worldwide

• Work across the full stack—frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Java/Spring Boot)—to deliver exceptional user experiences

• Own features end-to-end, from design and architecture to implementation, testing, and production support

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate ideas into working software

• Contribute to architectural decisions and set technical direction for the platform

• Drive quality, performance, and reliability improvements across the system

Qualifications

Your Experience

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• 8+ years of experience building production-grade software systems

• 6+ years of full-stack development experience with TypeScript, React, Node.js

• 5+ years of backend development using Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, and cloud-native platforms like GCP or AWS

• Experience deploying containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes

• Strong understanding of web architecture, security, and distributed systems

• Track record of owning and delivering complex software projects end-to-end

• Strong problem-solving skills, with a collaborative and positive “can-do” mindset

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• Bonus: Experience in the cybersecurity domain or strong interest in the space

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between:: $185K - $215K/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.