Principal Engineer Software (Threat Data 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.

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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

The TDP engineering team supporting PANW's internal Threat Data Platform is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a team of backend engineers whose responsibility is automating the analysis of threat intelligence and building tools leveraging AI that enable researchers to build, well modeled, threat intelligence. 

You will join a team focused on developing, innovating and scaling the Threat Data Platform and taking the data pipelines feeding it to the next level.

You will help with multiple PANW’s products integration with the platform, bringing value to thousands of customers. 

Your Impact

• End-to-end backend development of features and core components across their entire life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)
• Design, develop, maintain and optimize data pipelines to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into our data warehouse
• Build scalable data warehouse and data APIs
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions
• Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions

Your Experience 

• M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent software engineering experience required or equivalent military experience required
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in building large enterprise applications and data APIs
• Experience in building and maintaining complex data pipelines and analytical solutions.
• Must have hands-on programming skills in Java
• Experience with developing REST API’s
• Experience in Python programming, expertise in Linux and shell scripting skills are a significant plus
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms such as, GCP, AWS, their services (BQ, BT, DataFlow, Pubsub etc) and Kubernetes
• Strong knowledge of databases SQL, NoSQL, Time series, GraphDB etc
• Experience with Big data tools like Spark, Kafka, etc.

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.

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.

Compensation Disclosure

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 $173000 - $225,400/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes