Staff Engineer Software (SaaS Security)

Palo Alto Networks

Staff Engineer Software (SaaS Security)

Santa Clara, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Your Career

    Palo Alto Networks® CASB team is looking for a Software Engineer to help us build out our CASB Security capability on the cloud. You have the unique opportunity to:

    • Help build out a world class security service which caters to the growing needs of multiple Fortune 100 enterprise companies across the globe
    • Be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking cloud security service offerings.
    • Accelerate the development team in delivering security as a service in the public cloud by providing highly scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure.

    Your Impact

    • Responsible for the complete software development life cycle including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment and support
    • Write clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable Java/ Python / Go lang code
    • Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features and infrastructure on our security platform ready for cloud native deployment from inception to completion
    • Participate actively and contribute to design and development discussions
    • Develop solid understanding and be able to explain advanced Cloud Computing and Cloud Security concepts to others
    • Work cross-functionally with Product Management, SRE, Software, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver new security as a service offerings to the market in a timely fashion with excellent quality
    • Be able to clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams
    • Work closely with customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes
  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Your Experience

    • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on cloud-native application development, at large organizations or innovative startups
    • Strong programming skills in one of Python, Go, or Java, with experience in building distributed systems
    • Preferred experience with security products- Data and DLP, CASB Security, SASE, integration with third party APIs and services
    • 5+ years experience with running workloads on cloud-based architectures (AWS/GCP experience preferred)
    • 5+ years of experience in cloud technologies like ElasticSearch, Redis, Kafka, Mongo DB, Spring Boot
    • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
    • Excellent troubleshooting abilities - Isolate issues found during testing and verify bug fixes once they are resolved
    • Experience with backend development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications
    • Experience with building and delivering services and workflows at scale, leveraging microservices architectures
    • Experience with the agile process and working with software development teams involved with building out full stack products, deployed on the cloud at scale
    • 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 DevOps and Continuous Delivery
    • Preferred experience with AI based conversational UI and chatbot platforms and AI Agents
    • Can-do attitude and ability to make trade-off judgements with data driven decision making
    • High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
    • Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills
    • BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related technical degree or equivalent military experience required

    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 $104000 - $169500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

    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.

    Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes