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Senior Principal Engineer Software

Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersFull-time$170k–$277k2026-06-26 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Senior Principal Engineer building Cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and monitoring tools for Palo Alto Networks' WildFire security research team to detect and defend against emerging cyber threats.

Role type

Senior Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure & SRE)

Builds

Reliable, secure Cloud infrastructure and automation frameworks for next-generation security services

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Hypervisor development, low-level Operating System development, Linux internals, C, C++, Python, device drivers, PCI devices, concurrent programming

Preferred skills

Windows internals, design and problem-solving skills

Technologies

Linux, C, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate reliable secure Cloud infrastructure; Develop tools and automation frameworks; Automate robust deployment of services; Orchestrate end-to-end monitoring and alerting; Lead root cause analysis of critical production issues; Participate in design reviews

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC