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Principal Backend Engineer (Prisma Cloud – Network Security)Santa Clara,CA,USAt Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we are looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.Your CareerThe public cloud market has been growing at a rapid rate for the last few years and as more enterprises use public cloud, there is a critical need for creative engineers to help develop software to prevent cyberthreats within the cloud environment. In this role, you will develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems and critical cybersecurity challenges.You love to code and build exceptional products, and you bring new ideas in all facets of software development. You are someone who is highly technical, understands cloud technologies, and understands the complex world of cloud ecosystems and integrations. You love solving challenges for our customers in complex environments, and you aren’t deterred by the fact that much of this technology just has not been done before. In fact, you like the prospect of the challenge.Your ImpactAs a key engineer you will:
Be responsible for complete software development life cycle including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment and support.
Write clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable backend code in Golang that scales and performs well for thousands of customers.
Participate actively and contribute to design and development discussions.
Develop solid understanding and be able to explain Cloud Computing concepts to others
Mentor junior developers
Your Experience
10+ years of experience building web applications
Experience designing/building scalable microservices using REST API.
Hands on experience with at least one of Cassandra, MongoDB or similar
Experience with at least one cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
Knowledge of cloud provider networking architecture
Strong passion and experience in troubleshooting, debugging complex systems and possess excellent problem-solving techniques.
Experience with distributed computing (understand implications of CAP theorem, master election, brain split problem)
Experience in iterative development, working in a full CI/CD environment is a plus
Strong computer science fundamentals (e.g. understanding of lock-free data structures, bloom filters, minimal perfect hashing, consistent hashing, etc.)
The TeamThe Public Cloud Network Security team is responsible for building products that protect network, workloads and infrastructure for some of the largest enterprise customers in the world. We help the customers in their journey to the public cloud by ensuring they have the best in class protection. The public cloud market has been growing at a very rapid rate for the last few years. As more and more enterprises leverage public cloud, there is an insatiable demand for securing workloads in public cloud. With the recent acquisition of leading companies in this space, Palo Alto Networks is the market leader in this space. This engineering group is part of our recent acquisitions of RedLock, Evident.io, and Aporeto.We foster a culture of innovation, authenticity, and collaboration. Our people make this possible. It’s in our everyday interactions, how we work together and treat each other, that sets Palo Alto Networks apart from other organizations.Our CommitmentWe’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.EOE Protected Veterans/Disability.
