Staff Engineer Software (User Portal team)

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 looking for a highly motivated and fast-learning Software Engineer to join our backend team. You will play a crucial role in building a service used daily by tens of thousands of our customers' employees, providing them with a simplified, single point of access to their Idira services that is easy to use, intuitive, and fast.

In this role, you will use AWS serverless architecture, AWS CDK, and Python to design, develop, test, secure, and deploy services from planning to production. We are looking for an engineer who knows how to leverage modern AI tools to accelerate development and design scalable systems that meet our rigorous standards for quality, scalability, and security.

• Play a key role in the full lifecycle of backend development—from requirements gathering and design to development, testing, security, and deployment—with a strong emphasis on Python and AWS serverless architecture.

• Contribute to the design and architecture of high-performance, secure, and scalable services, working closely with security architects, product managers, and UX experts.

• proactively identify potential bugs and performance gaps before they reach users, while efficiently investigating and resolving escalated customer cases to ensure high reliability.

• Strategically leverage modern AI tools to accelerate workflows by supplying the right context and deliberately iterating. Continuously learn, experiment, and scale what works, while rigorously verifying outputs and knowing when not to use AI.

Qualifications

•  2+ years of experience in backend development using Python, Go, Ruby, Java, C#, or C++ (Python is a definite advantage).

• Hands-on experience developing and deploying serverless applications on AWS. Experience with AWS CDK for infrastructure as code is a strong advantage.

• Proactive, highly motivated, and goal-oriented. You are a fast, self-directed learner with excellent communication skills, a passion for acquiring new knowledge, sharing insights, and seamlessly collaborating with the team.

• Strong understanding of security principles and best practices, including secure web coding, threat modeling, and OWASP guidelines.

• Hands-on proficiency in AI development tools like Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar, combined with the proven ability to critically read and verify AI-generated code before acceptance, applying peer-review rigor to catch hallucinated APIs, bugs, and security gaps.

• Experience developing and maintaining SaaS applications. Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Git, and Artifactory) is an advantage.

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.