Principal Software Engineer (Prisma AIRS Data Platform Backend)
Palo Alto Networks· Cybersecurity· Oct 22, 2026 · 6d ago
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters
In office
Full-time
Principal
$156K–$253K
10+ years exp
Job description
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
Who We Are
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.
Job Summary
Your Career
We re seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.
Your Impact
Design and implement the highly scalable and easily managed data platform as the center of AI security products.
Design and implement the highly scalable and high performance data query services to support AI security products
Design and implement a framework for self service of data jobs with platform support of monitoring, scheduling and error handling
Design and implement a framework for self service of streaming data and sync data among different data storage
Qualifications
Your Experience
Required Qualifications
BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 8~10 years software development experience
8 years of working experience with Google GCP
8 years of experience building large-scale distributed serving system
8~10 years of software development experience with NodeJS/JAVA/Python
Experience with Linux and Shell scripting
Good communication skills
Great problem-solving skills
Dev experiences of SQL database, Kafka, pub/sub, Redis, Spark/Spark Streaming/Spark SQL, Redshift, or other data warehousing database solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of Network domain
Experiences in building real-time analytics systems or machine learning systems
The Team
As part of the AIRS data platform team, you’ll be working on building our state of art data platform system and high performance serving system. You won’t find someone at Palo Alto Networks that isn’t committed to your success – with everyone pitching in to assist when it comes to solutions selling, learning, and development. As a member of our systems engineering team, you are motivated by a solutions-focused sales environment and find fulfillment in working with clients to resolve incredible complex cyberthreats.
Compensation Disclosure
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/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here .
$156,400.00 - $253,000.00/yr
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?: Yes
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