Your Impact
Technical Leadership & Delivery: Define R&D engineering standards and architecture principles while taking full ownership of end-to-end delivery for complex, production-ready initiatives.
Cloud & Data Architecture: Architect and build scalable, highly available solutions across major cloud environments leveraging modern data, streaming, serverless, and storage platforms.
AI-Driven Engineering: Integrate modern AI tools and autonomous agents into daily workflows to optimize development velocity, author reusable agent skills, and maintain contextual grounding for maximum efficiency.
End-to-End Ownership: Lead all phases of an AI-augmented Software Development Life Cycle (ASDLC)—from architectural design through automated testing, CI/CD deployment, and operations.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product leaders and technical stakeholders to translate complex business needs into clear, high-value software deliverables shipped on schedule.
Mentorship & Culture: Elevate engineering standards across the org through architectural guidance, code reviews, and continuous knowledge sharing.
Qualifications
Your Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
High-Level Language Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade software in languages such as Python, Java, Go, C#, or Scala.
Cloud Engineering: 2+ years designing and deploying cloud-native solutions on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Proven Delivery Record: Demonstrated track record of taking complex software products from initial design to production delivery with measurable business impact.
AI Tool Proficiency: Hands-on experience using modern AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) and productivity agents to accelerate technical output.
SDLC / ASDLC Mastery: Strong expertise navigating full lifecycle software development, with a clear advantage for candidates experienced in an Agentic SDLC (ASDLC) environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Serverless Architectures: Experience designing event-driven, serverless systems (e.g., AWS Lambda, Cloud Functions, EventBridge).
Data & Messaging Ecosystems: Experience with modern storage platforms (e.g., Vector DBs, Apache Iceberg, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis, Graph DBs) and messaging systems (e.g., SQS, RabbitMQ, MSK, or cloud equivalents).
Agentic Engineering & RAG: Hands-on experience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, deploying AI agents, structuring context/prompt pipelines, or authoring custom AI skills.
Advanced Degree: Master’s degree in Computer Science or a quantitative field.
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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.
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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.