Sr Principal Software Engineer (L7 Security)

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

We're seeking innovators - engineers who seek to design new products, designing state-of-the-art products that do not exist today. These engineers love to code with a drive to build global products and bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems. We are looking for leaders who take ownership of their areas of focus and who are driven to pursue problems at every level. Collaboration is at the heart of our culture and we need engineers who can communicate at a high level and work well with multi-functional teams towards achieving a common goal.

Key Responsibilities

• Innovate, design, and develop new security features in our next-generation firewalls product

• Contribute in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test

• Design new product features, with a high focus on quality and execution

• Develop functional specifications, assess task requirements and scheduling, and assist in development, debug and support

• Interact with quality assurance and field support teams throughout the entire software development cycle

• Utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation

• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process

• Clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams

• Interview, mentor and coach new team members

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 10 or more years of enterprise product development experience with C in a Unix/Linux environment

• Flair for coding and hands on experience debugging the code using tools like GDB is required

• Working knowledge of TCP/IP internals and common data structure and algorithms

• Working knowledge of Windows kernel and Windows Filtering Platform is preferred.

• Verbal and written communication skills to work with multi-functional groups

• Teammates who brings a can-do attitude to a dynamic working environment

• B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science, similar technical discipline or equivalent practical experience or equivalent military experience required

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of multi-core / multi-process / multi-threaded programming

• Experience with windows agent programming and cloud programming (go) software development

• Experience with large-scale and/or high-performance software design and development

• Experience with TLS internals, cryptography, and OpenSSL

• Experience with HTTP and web server backend development is

• Graduate degree (MS or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or similar technical discipline is preferred

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.

$170,000.00 - $277,000.00/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