PALO IT
The Senior Principal Backend Engineer will join the Cortex team to design and build infrastructure capable of processing billions of events per second for threat detection and response. This role involves driving the strategy and execution of an autonomous investigation and response solution while managing the complete software development life cycle. The position requires a strong background in distributed cloud products and experience with agentic tools to support scalable, high-performance systems.
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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