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Principal Software Engineer (Cortex Platform)

San Francisco, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $147,000–$147,000🗓 2026-05-28 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead end-to-end backend development, design, and maintenance for the Cortex cybersecurity platform's core components, including data pipelines, analytics engines, and user interfaces for products like XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM.

Role type

Principal Backend Engineer (Cybersecurity Platform)

Builds

Core backend services, data pipelines, and analytics engines for the Cortex platform

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Go, Python, Microservices architecture, Kubernetes, Docker, Serverless, Distributed computing concepts, Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Preferred skills

Big-data architectures (Kafka, Splunk, Flink), SQL and NoSQL databases, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-code, Cybersecurity principles

Technologies

Go, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Splunk, Flink, Elasticsearch, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, Azure

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end backend development from design to deployment, Drive team-wide technical excellence through code and design reviews, Maintain production stability and resolve real-time issues, Mentor junior engineers, Simplify complex systems by designing scalable backend services, Collaborate with diverse teams to shape solutions

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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