Principal Backend Engineer Email Security (Cortex Cloud)

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 believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Principal Software Engineer on our Email Security team, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering a cutting-edge email security solution within the Cortex platform. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing an infrastructure capable of supporting billions of events per second, collecting, storing, processing, and making them accessible, visible and actionable for users while seamlessly integrating with the industry’s leading cyber-security products. You will design and build a highly available, reliable, and secure solution that adheres to the highest standards. Beyond development, your crucial role involves meaningful cross-organizational collaboration, driving a significant impact to ensure the success of our product. Our Cortex engineering group, primarily based in the TLV office, allows us to operate at a high pace with short decision-making loops. In this role, you will need to demonstrate creativity, innovation and deep knowledge in backend engineering, conducting research to find new technologies. A can-do approach, a passion for excellence and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential qualities for success in this position.

Your Impact

• Huge! You shape the future! Take ownership of a brand new product, driving its development from concept and design to full implementation
• Make a difference! Focus on meaningful, high impact work - No tiny tasks or endless bug fixes here! You will be building major parts of a groundbreaking new product
• Conquer Scale challenges! Building a new offering designed to operate at massive scale
• Lead Innovation! Dive into new cutting-edge technologies, researching and integrating them to enhance the product’s capabilities
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in a production Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment
• Experience with high-scale distributed systems
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience required
• Proficiency in at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Development experience with Python, Golang
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Creative thinker, independent, and a strong team player
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  
  

Additional Information

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? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.