PALO IT
As a Senior Principal Backend Engineer in the Cortex group, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for developing, innovating, and scaling the backend of industry-leading cybersecurity products like Cortex XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM. This role involves driving project lifecycles, collaborating across engineering teams, and designing scalable data models and high-performance backend services. You will mentor other engineers and tackle complex technical challenges to deliver significant value to thousands of customers.
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, United States
Company Size
10001+ employees
Founded
2005
Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity leader that delivers integrated security platforms to prevent cyberattacks across networks, cloud environments, and endpoints. Its portfolio includes next‑generation firewalls, cloud‑native security (Prisma Cloud), AI‑driven detection and response (Cortex), and Zero Trust networking and secure access solutions for hybrid workforces. The company combines hardware and software with threat intelligence, consulting, managed services, and training to help CISOs, SOCs, cloud architects and network teams automate and scale security operations.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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