Palo Alto Networks
Principal Engineer - Cortex Xpanse, Collections
$147K–$238K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Designs and scales distributed scanning systems and data pipelines that continuously discover and map the internet for the Cortex Xpanse Attack Surface Management platform.
What you'll do
- Build and scale distributed backend scanning systems and data collection pipelines.
- Investigate data sources, analyze customer impact, and own projects through production support.
- Collaborate on product strategy and customer-facing features, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems.
- Experience building real-time streaming or batch data pipelines.
- Experience with distributed systems, API design, and decoupling complex data architectures.
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
Nice to have
- Expertise with technologies such as GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigTable, or Apache Beam.
- Familiarity with internet protocols and high-throughput network scanning, or experience in cybersecurity, attack surface management, or internet measurement.
Pay
$147,000.00 - $237,500.00 USD/year base salary
Tools
Go, Apache Beam, Java, GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform
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