Principal Engineer, Software Infrastructure

🕒 March 28

🏄 California, Colorado, +3 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🐊 Florida – Remote 🍂 Massachusetts – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $147k - $237.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Palo Alto Networks

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10,000+ employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $1M Seed Round - Morta Security on 2013-02

Cybersecurity • Enterprise

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company that provides AI-driven platforms, products, and services to protect networks, cloud workloads, endpoints, and applications. Its portfolio includes next-generation firewalls, SASE and Prisma Cloud (CNAPP) offerings, the Cortex security operations suite (XDR, XSOAR, XSIAM), and Unit 42 threat intelligence and incident response services. Palo Alto Networks helps enterprises secure AI deployments, automate SOC workflows, and prevent, detect, and respond to sophisticated threats across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

📋 Description

• Design and maintain high-scale developer tooling and backend services • Define, deploy, and manage entire environments using declarative IaC (Terraform) • Identify and eliminate systemic bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle • Ensure infrastructure remains resilient under traffic loads while optimizing performance • Define platform standards and reference architectures and mentor other teams

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience • Strong experience in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or Rust) • Deep knowledge of Linux internals, process management, and resource isolation • Understanding of the OSI model, service meshes, load balancing, and "zero-trust" security architectures • Experience building and debugging distributed systems • Strong communication skills • Proactive approach to learning new tools, processes, and libraries

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development • Bonuses • Stock options • Equipment allowances • Wellness programs