Lead Software Engineer, Backend

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🕒 June 13

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Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2005

🔒 Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity • AI • Software

Cortex by Palo Alto Networks is an AI-powered cybersecurity platform designed to enhance real-time security operations across the enterprise and cloud environments. It provides a comprehensive suite of solutions including threat detection, incident response, and security automation to protect organizations from sophisticated cyber threats and streamline security management. The platform emphasizes proactive security measures and integrates seamlessly with various systems, supporting businesses in managing their cybersecurity posture effectively.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, and efficient backend systems and services that meet enterprise requirements • Work alongside other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones • Optimize and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of existing backend systems • Participate in operating our systems in production, including Incident Response on a rotational basis • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices • Partner closely with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and our customers to better understand design requests and user experiences • Continually improve existing planning, development, deployment processes

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience • 7+ years of experience building backend applications using any modern programming language • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing platforms • Experience with modern data storage solutions, such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc. • Knowledge of current standard methodologies and to try, learn and adapt to new technologies and programming languages • Solid fundamental skills in data structures, algorithms, and web development best practices • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills • Strong communication and collaboration skills • Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers

🏖️ Benefits

• National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!) • Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours • 401k plan • Gender-neutral parental leave • $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend • $400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything) • Pet Insurance