​Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (Cloud Management Platform)

Location: Santa Clara, United States of America

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:
Join our Cloud Management Platform group as a Senior Hands-on Development Engineer in test and bring a relentless AI-First mindset to our team. Your core responsibility will be to design, develop, and integrate resilient test automation frameworks. You will drive the efficiency and reliability of our products by testing them thoroughly to understand potential risks, bugs, or issues, providing an exemplary product experience for our end users.
We require a deep technical expert with a proven track record and an ambitious vision for leveraging Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize our processes. You will spearhead the transformation of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), driving innovation in automation, code generation, and establishing breakthrough quality assurance standards.
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Your Impact

• Work in a small ,fast paced team to solve important customer problems and deliver most impactful results
• Be involved in a rigorous approach to testing for specifications, assist the team with testing methods or tools for testing
• Suggest and implement improvements to the QA process
• Work with cross functional development and quality assurances groups to achieve the best quality
• Work with DevOps and the Technical Support teams to troubleshoot customer issues
• Interview, mentor and coach new team members

Qualifications

Test Automation & Frameworks:
Proven experience in designing and implementing test automation methodologies, tools, and frameworks.

Expert level experience with REST API driven Automation using Python.
Hands-on experience with UI automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright etc)

AI-Driven Testing & Development
Practical experience using AI-based tools to accelerate coding, test generation, debugging, and refactoring

A demonstrated passion for researching and applying innovative, AI-based testing methodologies to improve engineering productivity.

CI/CD & Version Control: Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins) and version control systems (Git).

Microservices & Cloud: Experience with cloud technologies (AWS,GCP) and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)

Networking Knowledge & Security
Experience with TCP/IP Networking and Network Security is highly desirable
Knowledge of Active Directories, Cloud Identity providers is highly desirable

Educational Qualification:
BS or MS in Computer Engineering or a related technical field

Minimum of 10+ years’ experience i

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. 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’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?: Yes