Principal Go/Rust Software Engineer - Data Classification (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

As a Principal Engineer on the Data Classification team, you’ll lead the design and development of scalable solutions that help customers understand and protect their data. You’ll work across the full product lifecycle- design, implementation, testing, and deployment—while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration. Beyond your own contributions, you’ll raise the bar for those around you, driving innovation, mentoring teammates, and pushing for continuous improvement.

Your Impact

Develop solutions for data security and classification using Rust, Python & Golang.
Contribute to feature development (design, implementation, testing, deployment).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for product and infrastructure integration.
Innovate solutions for high-scale data operations.
Serve as a leader, improving the work of others.
Generate ideas and participate in brainstorming.
Identify and push for team improvements.

Qualifications

Your Experience

BSc in Computer Science with 8+ years, or MSc with 6+ years, or equivalent military experience.
Experience with systems-level languages (C++, C, Go, etc.).
Deep understanding of memory management.
Strong understanding of application and OS interaction.
Experience with multi-threaded and multi-process development with a performance focus.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infra - Have the ability to “make stuff work" on top of writing good code.

Advantages

Experience in Rust - Big advantage.
Python/Go experience.
Comfortable with Regex & Character encodings.
Experience with applications running remotely at scale.
Familiarity with Cyber Technologies, Information Security and Software Security, etc.

Additional Information

The Team

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and 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.

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.