Sr Staff Software Engineer (Backend DLP)

Palo Alto Networks
Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersPosted 9 March 2026

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 Job Summary We are seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to develop, build, and maintain our cutting edge cloud based, security product infrastructure, which operates at massive scale and helps protect customers sensitive data. Bring your software engineering expertise to work on our cutting edge Data Loss Prevention (DLP) product. We want passionate engineers who love to design and code world-class security services on Cloud Providers. Engineers who bring new ideas in all facets of software development, individual contributors who want to expand their skill set, take ownership of their feature areas and who are driven to solve problems at every level. Participate in the design, deployment and scaling of our architecture as we transform it by using cloud native solutions on both AWS & GCP platforms. Participate in the redesign of the architecture scale and improve the DLP products resiliency, performance and functionality. Collaboration and teamwork are at the foundation of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate and work well with others towards achieving a common goal. We are looking for talent engineers 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. Key Responsibilities Participate in the complete software development life cycle including requirement analysis, design, development, deployment and support Write clean, testable, readable, scalable and maintainable Java, Golang & Python code that scales and performs well for thousands of customers Participate actively and contribute to design and development discussions Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues Be able to clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams Qualifications Required Qualifications BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 5+ years or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required Solid experience of backend development using Java, Golang, Python, Spring Boot, J2EE, and cloud-native platforms like GCP or AWS, Kubernetes and Docker Strong experience and knowledge with micro services, distributed systems, performance optimization and resiliency Proven track record of successful architecture and design for high transactions and data volume in enterprise and/or consumer facing applications Experience with Agile development process and embrace Agile methodologies Strong believer of automation test and strive for higher code coverage Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute Preferred Qualifications Experience building ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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