Principal GO/Python Engineer

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
We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to join our Cortex backend engineering group.

The group develops and maintains the backend of Cortex products – Cortex XSOAR, Cortex XDR, and Cortex XSIAM. The great majority of the Cortex engineering group is located in the TLV office which allows us to operate at a high pace with short loops of decision–making.

You will join a team focused on developing, innovating, and scaling the Cortex XSOAR product, along with contributing to shared Cortex infrastructures and components. We are looking for candidates with a can–do attitude, who are passionate about complex problems and thrive on bringing value to thousands of customers.

More information about XSOAR, here.

Your Impact
Production at scale

End–to–end backend development of features and components across their entire life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)

• Providing real time mitigation and solutions to complex production issues
• Work closely with peers across different teams and disciplines to shape solutions and integrate with other parts of the product
• Contribute to team–wide efforts – code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule to ensure the smooth operation of our production systems and provide real-time support for critical issues.

Qualifications
Your Experience

• 8+ years experience of development of a scalable server–side applications
• Experience with a variety of database technologies
• Experience with Go and Python, or willingness to learn
• Experience with distributed cloud products – advantage
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. GCP / AWS / Azure) – advantage
• Experience with Kubernetes / Docker – advantage

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.

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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.

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