Principal Software Engineer - Fullstack (Network Acceleration)

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.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your wellbeing support to your growth and development, and beyond!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships.

Job Description

Your Career

The current market lacks an effective solution to securely deliver globally consistent app experiences. When using existing security solutions, poor app performance and limited observability can cost customers billions of dollars per year in lost productivity. Palo Alto Networks’ App Acceleration solution is the only solution available to boost performance of both private and public apps.

PANW’s App Acceleration group is in search of a motivated Full Stack Engineer to join our team.

You will be responsible for designing and developing new and innovative solutions to enable users to configure, monitor and visualize app acceleration. You will take ownership of large software components, help in the design of the architecture, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance in the whole software development cycle.

Your Impact

• Tackle new and challenging problems by building innovative solutions involving UI, REST APIs and DB
• Solve complex UI problems and build the necessary support on the backend
• Participate in architecture, design and development of features needed for app acceleration
• Research, suggest, and implement different frameworks suited to the solution
• Be able to design complex test cases for the system and work with the QA team
• Suggest and implement improvements to the development processes

Qualifications

Your Experience

• BSc in Computer Science or relevant experience
• 7+ years' experience in software development
• Experience with one of the following programming languages: Typescript, JavaScript, Golang
• Experience with ReactJS
• Experience with at least one of Neo4j (preferred)/MySQL/PostgresQL
• Experienced in building RESTful APIs and API Communication
• Good grasp of asynchronous programming
• Experience working within a Linux environment
• Able to troubleshoot system-level integration and performance issues
• Fast learner and eager to absorb new emerging technologies
• Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality, and ability to execute
• Enjoys working with different teams with strong collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experienced in other modern web frameworks and build tools such as Svelte, VueJS
• Experience in specifying and testing REST APIs with Swagger and Postman
• Experience with charting and dashboarding
• Understanding of authentication/authorization standards/frameworks
• Familiarity with fast in-memory data structure store and graph database
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS
• Experience in writing secure code
• Experience with Docker & Kubernetes ecosystems is a plus
• MSc/PhD is a plus

Additional Information

The Team

We are on a mission to build the industry's best AIOps product that enables our customers to keep their network healthy and secure thanks to AI and ML.

Our engineering team is at the core of the application of AI at a large scale – challenging how we, and the industry, think about security network operations.

We are constantly chasing the next big challenge to produce the most significant value for our customers. And that's why we need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity and are willing to be creative to find the best balance between innovation and speed.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, 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

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.

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 $180,200/yr to $240,000/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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