Software Backend Engineer
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Senior/Principal Backend Engineer - Collection Team (Cortex Platform)
paloaltonetworks· Palo Alto Networks Ltd
About this role
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
Our team is responsible for managing the primary entrance gates of customer data to the platform, integrating keen customer understanding with the latest engineering solutions to facilitate high-throughput, minimal-latency, and high-scale data ingestion. We are required to be dynamic and fast, consistently adapting and catching up with the latest technologies employed by our customers to ensure they keep getting the best security coverage for their operational environments and third-party services. We are seeking a Principal/Senior Software Engineer to join a dynamic group that operates with the independence and innovative spirit of a startup, yet benefits from the robust support of a thriving corporation. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and building high-throughput infrastructure capable of supporting billions of events per second. Your work will involve processing and ensuring the accessibility and visibility of these events to users at peak scales, all while engaging with a diverse range of industry technologies and services.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the complete software development lifecycle including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment, and support.
- Drive ideas and initiatives, making innovation a reality, and lead your colleagues from ideation through implementation.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science, equivalent knowledge or equivalent military experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience in designing, building and maintaining a scalable server side application.
- Experience in distributed cloud products.
- Experienced with a variety of database and caching technologies (Mysql / Cassandra / Google BigQuery / Redis…).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Go / Python.
- Experience with GCP / AWS / Azure.
- Experience with Kubernetes / Docker.
- Knowledge of the cyber field.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.Frequently Asked Questions
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Senior/Principal Backend Engineer - Collection Team (Cortex Platform)
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