Principal Engineer Software

About the role

The role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara California headquarters campus, and in office 3 days a week.

Job Description

Your work will directly accelerate developer velocity, elevate our standards for software quality, and unlock new business opportunities by enabling the rapid integration of agentic AI into our products.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of relevant software engineering experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership and innovation.
• Demonstrated experience defining and leading large-scale, cross-organizational technical initiatives from concept to completion.
• Experience building and scaling platforms that serve thousands of engineers in complex environments.
• Strong foundation in application and infrastructure security, including secrets management, supply chain security, and secure-by-default platform design.
• Recognized expertise in developer platforms, cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration technologies (e.g Kubernetes) and CI/CD.
• Deep proficiency with a major cloud platform (GCP preferred), including IAM, managed databases, networking, and Workload Identity.
• Expertise in authentication/authorization systems: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, token lifecycle management, and zero-trust patterns.
• Hands-on experience applying AI/ML/GenAI to solve complex software engineering problems.
• Experience influencing and aligning senior leadership (Director, VP level) on technical strategy and roadmaps.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI techniques to build intelligent developer tools.
• Experience building and operating observability stacks (metrics, logging, alerting) for distributed systems.
• A history of significant contributions to the open-source community, publications in top-tier conferences, or patents in relevant fields.

Compensation

The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here. $147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr

Our Commitment

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.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?

No.