Sr. Principal Backend Engineer (Cortex XSIAM)

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a visionary Sr. Principal Backend Engineer to shape the future of our Cortex platforms. In this highly impactful role, you will act as a technical pioneer and an architectural challenger for our leading-edge security orchestration, automation, and response platform.
Bringing an entrepreneurial mindset and a deep understanding of the competitive business landscape, you will critically evaluate our core systems, champion system quality, and drive rapid prototyping (POCs) for innovative AI-based solutions. This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned technologist-perhaps a former founder-who wants to keep their hands in the code while shaping our strategic direction and pushing the boundaries of AI-driven cybersecurity.
Your Impact:
Challenge the Architecture: Bring a fresh, external perspective to critically evaluate our core systems and drive uncompromising standards for quality and resilience.
Prototype & Innovate (POCs): Keep your hands in the code

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Your Experience:
Must have proven experience in building and deploying scaled AI systems in production environments.
10+ years of software engineering experience with a deep architectural background in scalable server-side applications.
Passion for coding at the POC level: You still love to get your hands dirty with code, but your focus is on rapid prototyping, evaluating new technologies, and building Proofs of Concept to guide the engineering teams.
Demonstrated experience designing and integrating Generative AI solutions into enterprise backend architectures, backed by a strong grasp of models, frameworks, and prompting techniques.
Deep expertise with a variety of database technologies and major distributed cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure). המשרה מיועדת לנשים ולגברים כאחד.