Mgr, SW Engineering

Location: Office - Israel - Tel Aviv

Remote Type: No

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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

Your Career:

The Cortex AGENTIX Backend Engineering Group is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineering Manager to drive our mission of reimagining and scaling the Cortex XSOAR product for the Agentic AI future. Our team is at the forefront of engineering, transforming XSOAR into an intelligent platform powered by AI Agents to automate cybersecurity workflows. We need a leader with experience building large-scale, high-availability products and a passion for tackling complex distributed systems challenges. We are located primarily in the TLV office, our group operates at a high pace, and the ideal candidate will be a technical innovator, a collaborative teammate, and someone capable of driving architectural decisions critical for agent orchestration and LLM integration into our core platform.

Impact

• Drive the design, development, and scaling of the core backend infrastructure for Agent orchestration and LLM integration that transforms XSOAR into an autonomous AI platform.

• Take full responsibility for the development life cycle, from requirement analysis and design through to deployment and support.

• Lead, mentor, and support team members, fostering their technical growth and professional excellence.

• Drive ideas and initiatives, leading them from initial concepts to robust production deployments.

• Work closely with peers across teams and disciplines to shape comprehensive solutions and ensure seamless product integration.

Qualifications

Your Experience:

• 4-6 years of experience as a Software Engineering Manager leading backend teams( building, mentoring, and scaling)

• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills with product, architecture, and other engineering teams.

• Experience managing full development lifecycle ownership (design - implementation - deployment - support).

• Previous hands on backend software engineering experience of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures (GCP a big plus)

• Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks and autonomous workflow systems

Nice to have:

• Experience in cybersecurity products or workflow automation platforms.

• Familiarity with SOAR platforms such as Cortex XSOAR.

• Experience building enterprise SaaS platforms.

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  [email protected].

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.