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Senior Staff Engineer Software (Cortex Platform & XSOAR)

Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersFull-time$135k–$218k2026-09-30 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United StatesVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Senior Staff Software Engineer building the scalable backend infrastructure and AI-driven services for Palo Alto Networks' Cortex security platform (XSOAR, XDR, XSIAM).

Role type

Senior Staff IC Software Engineer (Backend/Platform)

Builds

Highly scalable distributed server-side applications and backend components for Cortex XSOAR, XDR, and XSIAM.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Go, Python, Distributed Systems, Cloud Platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, Linux/Unix, RDBMS, NoSQL

Preferred skills

Lock-free data structures, Bloom filters, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, AI tooling

Technologies

Go, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, Linux, RDBMS, NoSQL

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end development of backend features and core components; Design and maintain highly scalable distributed server-side applications; Collaborate cross-functionally to architect solutions; Provide real-time mitigation for production issues and engage with customers; Contribute to team-wide technical decisions and code reviews.

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC