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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
Threat Prevention and Cloud Service Infrastructure team - We are at the core of our products and deliver the best of security services in the cloud to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we, and the whole industry, think about cybersecurity.
Your Career
As a Sr Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and implementation of our Threat Intelligence Services for public and private cloud features. Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle from definition, design, through implementation and test.
Bring your software engineering expertise to work on our cutting edge malware detection platform, WildFire. Participate in the design, deployment and scaling of our architecture as we transform it by using cloud native solutions on GCP. Lead the redesign of the architecture to introduce appropriate microservices to process high rates of sample submissions.
You’re hands-on and comfortable writing code. You keep up with best practices and have a breadth of experience with different languages and frameworks. You’re passionate about code quality and automation. You're comfortable driving the implementation and adoption of new frameworks, tools and technologies. You’re comfortable crafting robust distributed systems that achieve both short and long-term business goals. You have the ability to articulate a clear technical vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems
- Design and implement real-time security services to our customers
- Establish a clear technical and architectural vision for key projects
- Collaborate closely with the product managers, architects and dev-ops to achieve quality releases
- Make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while maintaining performance and scalability requirements
- Play a key role design/re-design by using cloud native solutions
- Promote best practices such as design reviews, code reviews, secure coding and performance tuning
- Mentoring junior developers
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 5+ years or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
- Hands-on, software engineer implementing massively scalable platforms leveraging cloud technologies and distributed systems
- Advanced level programming in Python, GoLang
- Experience designing microservices architecture using containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes
- Proven experience building and maintaining high-scale server-side applications on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure and designing cloud-native solutions
- Experience in leading and doing projects end to end
- Exposure to using configuration management tools such as Ansible and/or Terraform
- Experience with data infrastructure platforms
- Hands-on experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis, BigTable, BigQuery
- Experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka or PubSub
- Strong believer of automation test and strive for higher code coverage
- Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to using AI tools and technologies for productivity and building AI agents
- Knowledge of AI/ML pipelines, Data Science principles, and related technologies.
- Experience with multi-threads and multi-processes achieving a common goal.
- Knowledge of the DevOps workflow
- Experience with REST API design, development, and consumption, along with familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
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/commissioned 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.
$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/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 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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
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
Threat Prevention and Cloud Service Infrastructure team - We are at the core of our products and deliver the best of security services in the cloud to prevent cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we, and the whole industry, think about cybersecurity.
Your Career
As a Sr Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the design and implementation of our Threat Intelligence Services for public and private cloud features. Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle from definition, design, through implementation and test.
Bring your software engineering expertise to work on our cutting edge malware detection platform, WildFire. Participate in the design, deployment and scaling of our architecture as we transform it by using cloud native solutions on GCP. Lead the redesign of the architecture to introduce appropriate microservices to process high rates of sample submissions.
You’re hands-on and comfortable writing code. You keep up with best practices and have a breadth of experience with different languages and frameworks. You’re passionate about code quality and automation. You're comfortable driving the implementation and adoption of new frameworks, tools and technologies. You’re comfortable crafting robust distributed systems that achieve both short and long-term business goals. You have the ability to articulate a clear technical vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Bring new ideas to develop security disciplines to solve real-world problems
- Design and implement real-time security services to our customers
- Establish a clear technical and architectural vision for key projects
- Collaborate closely with the product managers, architects and dev-ops to achieve quality releases
- Make appropriate trade-offs to optimize time-to-release while maintaining performance and scalability requirements
- Play a key role design/re-design by using cloud native solutions
- Promote best practices such as design reviews, code reviews, secure coding and performance tuning
- Mentoring junior developers
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering with 5+ years or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience required
- Hands-on, software engineer implementing massively scalable platforms leveraging cloud technologies and distributed systems
- Advanced level programming in Python, GoLang
- Experience designing microservices architecture using containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes
- Proven experience building and maintaining high-scale server-side applications on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure and designing cloud-native solutions
- Experience in leading and doing projects end to end
- Exposure to using configuration management tools such as Ansible and/or Terraform
- Experience with data infrastructure platforms
- Hands-on experience with SQL and No-SQL DB technologies such as MySQL, Redis, BigTable, BigQuery
- Experience with the queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka or PubSub
- Strong believer of automation test and strive for higher code coverage
- Can-do attitude on problem-solving, quality and ability to execute
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to using AI tools and technologies for productivity and building AI agents
- Knowledge of AI/ML pipelines, Data Science principles, and related technologies.
- Experience with multi-threads and multi-processes achieving a common goal.
- Knowledge of the DevOps workflow
- Experience with REST API design, development, and consumption, along with familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
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/commissioned 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.
$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/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 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.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?: Yes
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Align your stack with Palo Alto's infrastructure
Palo Alto Networks backend roles consistently emphasize distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and security-focused engineering. Tailor your resume to highlight experience with Go, Python, or Rust in high-throughput environments before you apply.
Target roles within sponsored product teams
Not all backend openings at Palo Alto Networks sit within the same hiring pipeline. Roles tied to Prisma Cloud and Cortex have historically absorbed sponsored engineers, so filtering open positions by those product lines sharpens your targeting.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
Palo Alto Networks sponsors multiple visa types, and the right pathway depends on your citizenship and current status. Raising your visa type early in recruiter conversations prevents mismatches that delay or derail offers at the compensation-negotiation stage.
Track LCA filings to benchmark offered salaries
Before accepting an offer, search DOL's public LCA disclosure data for Palo Alto Networks backend roles. The prevailing wage listed on certified LCAs tells you the floor the company has committed to pay, giving you a concrete reference point in salary discussions.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsorship openings
Not every job board flags which postings actively support visa sponsorship. Use Migrate Mate to browse Backend Engineer roles at Palo Alto Networks that are tied to confirmed sponsorship activity, saving you from applying to positions that won't move forward.
Prepare for USCIS specialty occupation documentation early
H-1B petitions for backend engineering require evidence that the role demands a specific technical degree. Gather transcripts, degree equivalency evaluations if you hold a three-year credential, and a detailed employer job description before USCIS filing season opens in March.
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Does Palo Alto Networks sponsor H-1B visas for Backend Engineers?
Yes, Palo Alto Networks sponsors H-1B visas for Backend Engineer roles. The company participates in the annual H-1B lottery and has a consistent track record of filing petitions for engineering hires. If you're currently on F-1 OPT, you'll want to confirm your OPT expiration date against the April lottery registration window to ensure continuity of work authorization.
How do I apply for Backend Engineer jobs at Palo Alto Networks?
You can apply directly through the Palo Alto Networks careers site or find verified sponsorship-eligible openings on Migrate Mate. Focus your application on roles within product lines like Prisma Cloud or Cortex, where backend engineering demand is highest. Tailor your resume to distributed systems and security infrastructure experience, and be upfront about your visa status in the recruiter screening call.
Which visa types does Palo Alto Networks commonly use for Backend Engineer hires?
Palo Alto Networks sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, and F-1 OPT and CPT for Backend Engineer roles, along with employment-based Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify for TN status, which can be processed at the port of entry without a lengthy USCIS adjudication period.
What qualifications and experience are expected for Backend Engineer roles at Palo Alto Networks?
Palo Alto Networks backend roles typically require a bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field. Hands-on experience with cloud-native development, microservices architecture, and languages such as Go or Python is expected. Security domain knowledge is a differentiator, particularly for roles within the Cortex or Prisma product lines. A three-year degree from an Australian or similar institution is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree.
How do I time my application to avoid a gap in work authorization?
If you're on F-1 OPT, file your H-1B registration before the March deadline and request a cap-gap extension if your OPT expires between April and September 30. For H-1B transfers from another employer, Palo Alto Networks can file a concurrent petition so you're covered from your start date. USCIS allows portability after an I-140 is approved for 180 days, which matters if you're pursuing an EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card and change roles internally.
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