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Sr Principal Software Engineer (SaaS Platform)
Sr Principal Software Engineer (SaaS Platform)-October 2024
Santa Clara
Oct 29, 2025
ABOUT PALO ALTO NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks provides robust, innovative protection against cyberattacks.
10,000+ employees
Technology
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About Sr Principal Software Engineer (SaaS Platform)

  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.

  Our Approach to Work

  We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

  At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!

  Your Career

  Palo Alto Networks® SaaS Security team is looking for a seasoned and accomplished Senior Principal Software Engineer to help scale out our security 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 cloud security service offerings

  Lead initiatives in the platform team to deliver security as a service in the public cloud by providing highly scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant solutions

  Be expected to lead and participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation, test, and field deployment

  Your Impact

  Lead the technology strategy for building out world class platform and infrastructure solutions, influencing critical decisions on technology, architecture,integration, and go to market

  Design, develop and implement highly scalable software features and infrastructure on our next-generation security platform ready for cloud native deployment from inception to completion

  Drive a results-oriented culture with a strong focus on execution, quality, and speed

  Lead 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

  Develop a strong culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness

  Work closely with customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes

  Be a strong mentor and coach to the team

  Foster innovation in the organization

  Hiring, developing, and mentoring software developers, and managing investments that accelerate scaling for new service offerings

  Your Experience

  8+ years of experience in highly technical roles in development of enterprise services, at large organizations or innovative startups

  Preferred hands-on experience and working knowledge of security concepts - CASB Security, deep understanding of web protocols, integration with third party APIs and services

  Experience with the agile process and leading software development teams involved with building out full stack products, deployed on the cloud at scale

  Experience with building and delivering services and workflows at scale, leveraging microservices architectures

  5+ years Experience with running complex workloads on cloud-based architectures (AWS/GCP experience preferred)

  Hands-on programming experience in one or more of the following: Java, Golang, Python

  5+ years of experience in cloud technologies like ElasticSearch, Redis, Kafka, Mongo DB, Spring Boot

  Experience with backend development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications

  Experience with Docker and Kubernetes 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 DevOps and Continuous Delivery

  Preferred experience with AI based conversational UI and chatbot platforms

  Preferred experience with machine learning (building custom models, GPT-4 and LLMs)

  Strong leadership skills with a can-do attitude and ability to make trade-off judgements with data driven decision making

  Enjoys working with many different teams with strong collaboration and communications skills

  BS/MS in Computer Science, other engineering/technical degree or equivalent military experience required

  The Team

  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.

  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 [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.

  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 $170,000/yr to $275,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here (http://benefits.paloaltonetworks.com/) .

  Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes

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