Principal Frontend Engineer (Cortex Platform)

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

We are a strong, fast-moving group developing advanced solutions in some of Palo Alto Networks’ most innovative areas — the Cortex Platform. We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Frontend Engineer with deep technical skills and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences. You’ll join a team that values clean, scalable architecture and high-quality code, working closely with product, UX, and backend teams to deliver impactful features that protect our customers from evolving cyber threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop next-generation, scalable frontend applications on the Cortex platform.

• Lead the development of key frontend components, taking ownership from conception through to deployment in a dynamic, agile environment.

• Proactively collaborate with UI/UX experts, product managers, and backend engineers to translate complex requirements into visionary cybersecurity products.

• Research, design, and implement sophisticated and complex data visualization solutions to make security data understandable and actionable.

• Uphold high standards for code quality and architecture through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and advocating for frontend best practices.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within the team.

• Analyze and optimize application performance to ensure a responsive and seamless user experience for our customers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in frontend development.
• Expert-level, hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks, specifically Angular or React.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining large-scale, complex web applications.
• Proficiency with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Strong understanding of frontend performance optimization techniques, modular design patterns, and scalable architecture.
• Apply AI-powered tools and workflows across planning, design, implementation, testing, debugging, and refactoring

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and enterprise security products.
• A proactive and collaborative mindset with a strong sense of ownership, capable of challenging assumptions positively to drive better outcomes.
• Experience with backend development (e.g., Node.js, Python, Go).

The Team

Cortex Platform - Cortex is the industry's only open and integrated, AI-based, continuous security platform. Cortex is a significant evolution of the Application Framework designed to simplify security operations and considerably improve outcomes. Deployed on a global, scalable public cloud platform, Cortex allows security operations teams to speed the analysis of massive data sets.

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.