Palo Alto Networks
Senior Principal Software Engineer (Prisma Access)
$184K–$297K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 8+ years of proven experience.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Eligible for immigration sponsorship.
About the job
Designs and builds distributed backend services, infrastructure, and reliability systems for the Prisma Access cloud security platform.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and support scalable cloud-native software features and infrastructure.
- Develop algorithms integrating targeted AI/ML concepts for cloud security operations, networking, and orchestration.
- Build monitoring and data-collection infrastructure, analyze disruptions, and improve reliability.
What they ask for
- B.S., M.S., or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- 8+ years of proven experience and proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or Java.
- Experience with cloud provider infrastructure and building large-scale SaaS solutions with distributed databases and messaging systems.
- Experience designing scalable REST APIs, services, and data pipelines; DevOps, reliability, and CI/CD or test-driven development.
Nice to have
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, IaC tools, monitoring/logging tools, or graph databases.
Pay
$200,000/yr- $225,000/yr USD base salary; $183,600.00 - $297,000.00/yr USD base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Java, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Docker
AI focus
Develop algorithms to integrate targeted ML/AI concepts into cloud security operations, networking, and orchestration; the role also calls for a foundational understanding of AI and ML.
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