Senior Software Engineer - CWP (Cortex Cloud)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

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

Job Summary

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.

A key part of this role is championing and leveraging the latest generative AI tools and assistants (such as Gemini) in your day-to-day engineering workflow. We expect you to utilize these advanced tools to accelerate the development lifecycle—from ideation and coding to root-cause analysis, testing, and system optimization.

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Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Experience in Go/Python/Java or similar languages, with a strong emphasis on writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Strong grasp of engineering fundamentals, including system design, data structures, and algorithms
• Demonstrated experience with modern development standards, including CI/CD pipelines, comprehensive testing methodologies (unit, integration, E2E), and rigorous code reviews
• Proficiency in at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experienced with observability (monitoring, logging, tracing), profiling, and enhancing system performance
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience
  
  

Advantage

• Experience in Go - strong advantage
• Experience in building and managing distributed cloud-based SaaS applications
• Experience in cyber-security domain
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

Our team within Cortex Cloud, working under the Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) organization. Product focused on serverless 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.

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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.