Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud Protection (Cortex Cloud)

Company Description

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!

Job Description

Your Career

At Palo Alto Networks, we are committed to building a safer digital future. As a Senior Software Engineer in Cortex Cloud, you will work at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, building cloud-native solutions that protect some of the largest organizations in the world. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team building a new product from the ground up, shaping the architecture, technology stack, and engineering practices from day one.

You’ll not only write great code – you’ll influence product strategy, design scalable systems, and help drive key decisions that will shape the future of cloud workload protection.

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Your Impact

Play a key role in building cloud-native security features that protect real-world workloads from malware, secrets exposure, and other threats
Lead the development of major features – from product discussions and technical design to implementation and testing
Design and build scalable backend services using Golang and modern cloud-native technologies
Research and integrate new technologies to improve detection, performance, and platform capabilities
Help define best practices and drive engineering excellence across the team

Qualifications

Your Experience

5+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering., ideally in cloud-native or security-focused environments
Proven expertise in designing and building scalable, distributed systems running in production at high scale
Strong programming skills in Golang, or another server-side language
Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Excellent collaboration and communication skills – able to work closely with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders
B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience required

Additional Information

The Team

Our team within Cortex Cloud, working under the Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) organization. Product focused on registry scanning and posture management – detecting malware and secrets in cloud assets during both deploy and runtime stages.

We're developing those capabilities from scratch – new codebases, services, and architecture – while bringing deep domain expertise from our past work at Prisma cloud. Each team member is involved across the entire lifecycle: product discussions, technical design, implementation, and production readiness.

We collaborate closely with PMs, security researchers, and other Cortex engineering teams to deliver high-impact, cloud-native solutions that scale.

If you’re excited about building a high-impact product from scratch and want to make a meaningful difference in cloud security – we’d love to meet you.

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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.