Palo Alto Networks

Principal Software Engineer – Backend (Machine Identity Security, SaaS Control Plane)

$147K–$238K

Office - USA - CyberArk Santa Clara (CA) · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 10, 2026

Experience: 8+ years of professional software development experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Visa sponsorship: Immigration sponsorship: Yes

About the job

Leads the design and evolution of backend services, APIs, and integrations for a scalable machine identity security SaaS control plane.

Lead backend architecture and development for reliable, high-throughput distributed control plane services.
Define APIs, SDKs, and integrations, and guide consistency and technical direction across teams.
Mentor engineers, resolve complex system issues, and improve development workflows and engineering practices.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of professional software development experience, with ownership of complex backend or control plane systems.
Strong Java backend services and API experience, plus deep distributed systems and microservices design experience.
Experience with cloud platforms, production-scale performance, APIs or integrations, and CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Go experience.
Familiarity with identity, authentication, or security systems such as SAML, OAuth, or certificate management.

$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr USD — base salary

Java, Go, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes

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