Senior Principal Cross Platform C++ Engineer (Cortex XDR)

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

We are looking for a Senior Principal C++ Engineer for our Tel Aviv R&D center.

The Cross Platform team takes part in the development of Cortex XDR Agent, a disruptive anti-exploit & anti-malware product. The XDR agent is the foundation of most of the Cortex products, providing the “boots-on-the-ground” for Palo Alto’s endpoint protection solutions. The team focuses on the endpoint and works on delivering a cross platform agent for Windows, MacOS & Linux, and builds revolutionary new capabilities to improve security and performance over millions of endpoints.

More information about Endpoint Protection products can be found here.

We’re looking for a Senior Principal engineer that could take a leading position in the CPA (Cross Platform Agent) group, lead features end-to-end by creating and owning particular flows. Our ideal candidate can easily ramp-up on projects old and new and lead several other engineers into fast and high quality delivery. Engineers in this role are expected to innovate and to elevate the technical quality and velocity of everyone around them, to be expert problem solvers and to be reliable in any technical challenge.

Your Impact

• Create or take over features from design, through development all the way to deployment and support in customer environments
• Lead Integration with colleagues on new APIs and flows inside the team and with teams from other teams and groups
• Research complex issues from the field and provide creative solutions
• Serve as a leading individual in a very strong team professionally and personally. We’re looking for someone who not only delivers his own work but improves that of those around them
• Find space for growth to push the entire team or group forward - New projects, changing processes or improving existing tools
  
  

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 8+ years of experience developing in modern C++
• Rich experience building and owning various software projects with the ability to contribute across the software development lifecycle
• Experience with multi-threaded and multi-process development with a focus on performance
• Positive ‘can-do’ mindset, able to work independently and within a team
• Computer Science B.Sc. or equivalent education
• Experience with operating systems API - an advantage
• Experience in the cybersecurity space - an advantage
• Experience in security challenges in cloud environments including but not limited to - Posture, Kubernetes, various cloud providers and orchestration frameworks - an advantage
  
  

Additional Information

The Team

• To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that dedicatedly address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about building products to tackle problems no one has pursued before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
  
  

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled chance to create the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people products can transform a business, this is the team for you. If you don’t wait for directions, instead, identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better, this is your new career.

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.