Software Engineer (Cortex Cloud)

Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, CA

Company Description

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 Staff 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. You will join a team focused on developing, innovating, and scaling the Cortex Platform, 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.

Your Impact

● End-to-end backend development of features and core components across their

entire life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)

● Collaborate with peers across different teams and disciplines to shape solutions

and integrate with other parts of the product

● Work with customers and provide solutions to their day-to-day work and

challenges

● Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and

architectural decisions

Qualifications

Your Experience

  • M.S/B.S degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 2+ years of software

    engineering experience, preferably development of a scalable server-side

    application
  • Strong programming skills, preferably in Python / Go

  • Good knowledge of relational databases and SQL

  • Team player, and good communication skills to work with cross-functional

    groups
  • Experience in building and maintaining high scale server-side applications.

  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. GCP / AWS / Azure)

  • Experience with Kubernetes/Docker - advantage

  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud infra

Additional Information

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $104000 - $169500. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here .

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.

Posted 2025-11-19

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