Staff Software Engineer

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 You will join a Research and Development (R&D) team that will give you the opportunity to make a global impact. One that protects our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyber attacks. A team looking for engineers who are passionate about technology, have an interest in cyber security, and also want to make a positive difference in the world that we live in. The projects our engineers are assigned will give real hands-on experience working on our products from our Strata, Prisma and Cortex organizations. Your Impact Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy software solutions with agility and rapid iteration. Use and experiment with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, internal agents) to boost productivity and improve code quality. Help define and evolve new engineering practices that leverage AI for code generation, testing, documentation, refactoring, and operations. Write clean, maintainable code and participate in peer reviews and team design discussions. Contribute to the automation of development, deployment, and monitoring processes as part of a DevOps culture. Continuously learn and apply new AI technologies, frameworks, and techniques that can enhance developer workflows. Participate in team retrospectives and help drive improvements in team velocity and product quality. Qualifications 1–3 years of hands-on software engineering experience in a collaborative, agile environment. Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Go, or similar). Basic understanding of software development lifecycles (e.g., agile, DevOps) and version control tools like Git. Enthusiasm for using AI tools to assist in development tasks and a growth mindset around learning and experimentation. Strong problem-solving and communication skills; a willingness to ask questions and work openly with others. A bias toward action and a desire to work in a fast-moving, forward-looking team. Preferred (Not Required) Qualifications: Exposure to large language models (LLMs) or AI/ML APIs, even through personal projects. Familiarity with cloud environments (GCP, AWS or Azure) and containerized development (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with modern developer tools such as CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and infrastructure-as-code Qualifications Your Experience We are seeking creative thinkers and team players with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities ,excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a high degree of curiosity and learning agility. You should exemplify strong initiative and the ability to work independently with limited direction , and be able to work cross-functionally with other ... (truncated, view full listing at source)