Principal Engineer Software

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

As a Principal Python Engineer, you will research, design, and implement cloud security products using the most up-to-date and cutting-edge technologies and frameworks, across all cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc). You will build and be responsible for high-performance, massively scalable, always-available cloud-based systems.

Your Impact

• Supercharge data security protection by developing solutions helping clients understand what kind of data they have, and where
• Make significant contributions to feature development by engaging in design, implementation, testing, and deployment processes
• Ship innovation for microservices and scanner solutions dealing with high scale data and operations
• Generate ideas and actively participate in brainstorming sessions to foster innovation within the product

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• At least 7 years of experience with Python and Python based frameworks (FastAPI, Flask etc.)
• Experience with designing and architecting large and scalable cloud-based applications
• Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Microservices architecture (Kubernetes, GKE, EKS, AKS, Docker, Serverless, etc)
• Experience with highly concurrent systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infra - Have the ability to “make stuff work" on top of writing good code
• Experience working with databases in a large scale

Nice to have

• BSc in Computer Science and/or elite software army unit graduate or equivalent military experience
• Experience with big-data architectures
• Experience developing performance and memory sensitive applications
• Familiarity with Cyber Technologies, Information Security and Software Security, etc.

Additional Information

The Team

Dig Security was acquired by Palo Alto Network on November 2023. We offer the only cloud-native platform that offers a painless, innovative, and thorough solution to protect data assets in the cloud.

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 [email protected].

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.