Senior macOS Engineer (Prisma Access)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Our Approach to Work

We lead with flexibility and choice in all of our people programs. We have disrupted the traditional view that all employees have the same needs and wants. We offer personalization and offer our employees the opportunity to choose what works best for them as often as possible - from your well-being support to your growth and development, and beyond!

Job Description

Your Career

In a world where remote work is the new norm, organizations’ perimeters are much more loosely defined and cloud-native apps replace data centers rapidly, a new approach is needed to provide connectivity, compliance and security for all.

As a Principal MacOS Engineer in Prisma Access, you will be responsible for Architecting, designing and building the new generation of Prisma Access agent, re-imagining how remote work looks like.

Built from scratch with the most up-to-date technology, and supported by an awesome group of people you will impact the everyday work of tens of millions of people!
This is a unique opportunity to join very early and take charge of a new product architecture and build it from scratch.

Your Impact

• Lead the architecture, design and implementation of a new product which will affect 10s of millions of people from the very early stage!
• Design, implement and test critical components in the product, including kernel drivers, system extensions and user-mode OS-related infrastructures, in C++,C and Swift
• Work in close coordination with other teams, other OS’s and other products to learn and leverage knowledge
• Participate in researching advanced technologies and their implications on connectivity and security
• Research new technologies and adapt them for use in the company’s products
• Write design documents, SW development guidelines, and best practices

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Proven experience with multi-threaded development under macOS, Windows or Linux
• Strong system-programming skills in C++
• Attention to detail, and high standards of secure coding
• Familiarity with MacOS design concepts like GCD, XPC, and Cocoa framework - is an advantage
• Experience in working with undocumented API and reverse engineering - is an advantage
• Experience in Low-level development in kernel mode - is an advantage

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest-growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and access technology and the products and services that dedicatedly address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks and enabling secure access to all on-prem and cloud applications. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about Access and security. These engineers aren’t shy about building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled chance to create the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people and products can transform a business, this is the team for you.   If the prospect of affecting tens of millions of people, enabling them to work remotely securely and easily in ways never done before, thrill you - you belong with us. 

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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.

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Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.