Palo Alto Networks
Senior Staff Engineer Software (Cortex XSOAR)
$135K–$218K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience; 4+ years of Go and Python; 5+ years of distributed cloud product experience.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Develop and maintain backend services and features for Cortex XSOAR across on-premises and SaaS offerings, including AI-based capabilities and shared Cortex infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead backend feature development through design, implementation, testing, deployment, production support, and maintenance.
- Collaborate across teams to shape solutions and integrate product components.
- Troubleshoot production and customer issues, providing mitigations and fixes.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building scalable server-side applications.
- 4+ years of hands-on programming proficiency in Go and Python.
- 5+ years designing and working with distributed cloud products on GCP, AWS, or Azure, plus Docker and Kubernetes.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; advanced Linux/Unix proficiency and experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
Nice to have
- Strong computer science fundamentals, such as lock-free data structures, bloom filters, and consistent hashing.
- Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and distributed computing concepts.
Pay
$134,600.00 - $217,800.00/yr (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux/Unix
AI focus
Contribute to innovative AI-based solutions and advance Cortex XSOAR with AI-driven capabilities.
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