Hiring: Principal Software Engineer (PAN OS Cloud Applications) Company: Palo Alto Networks Location: Santa Clara, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 07:40:31 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, BigQuery, Docker, GCP, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Machine Learning, Microservices, MongoDB, Python, REST, Redis, SQL, Serverless, TCP/IP About the job Experience: •7+ years of relevant software engineering experience. •5 years of hands-on programming experience in Go or Java, with additional proficiency in Python or C highly valued. Required Skills: •Provide technical leadership for the end-to-end delivery of solutions, ensuring alignment with cross-functional product management and quality assurance teams. •Design, implement, and troubleshoot robust next-generation cloud security solutions to address complex network security challenges. •Strategically drive development of scalable cloud security architecture through hands-on coding and strategic architectural planning. •Manage the full product development lifecycle, from definition and design through implementation, testing, and deployment. •Collaborate proactively with Product Management, SRE, and Quality Engineering to deliver high-quality security-as-a-service offerings to market. •Simplify complex technical issues to improve end-customer outcomes by working closely with customer support teams. •Foster a culture of innovation, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving within the engineering organization. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field with 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience. •Minimum of 5 years of hands-on programming experience in Go or Java, with additional proficiency in Python or C highly valued. •Proven experience designing and developing high-performance, high-scale distributed software applications in a cloud environment. •Strong technical proficiency with cloud technologies such as message queue(Kafka/PubSub/Redis), Data Storage(SQL/Bigtable/Redis/Mongo/BigQuery). •Demonstrated expertise in backend development, including REST APIs, databases, and serverless computing for distributed cloud applications. •Comprehensive understanding of public cloud design considerations, including microservice architectures, global network infrastructure, and load balancing. •Solid functional working knowledge of TCP/IP networking protocols and principles. •Prior experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS). •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. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!