CareerPlan

Principal Software Engineer (Prisma Access)

Office - USA - CA - HeadquartersFull-time$156k–$253k2026-11-11 → 2026-11-12
Hybrid · United StatesVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Designing and building distributed backend services and new product architecture for Prisma Access, a cloud-delivered security platform serving remote networks and mobile users.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Backend & Architecture)

Builds

Cloud-native security platform services, distributed backend infrastructure, and monitoring systems for Prisma Access.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Go, Python, Java, distributed systems, cloud provider infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI), REST APIs, DevOps, CI/CD, networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP), microservices, security principles (PKI/Certificates), data structures and algorithms, test-driven development.

Preferred skills

Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana), logging tools (ELK, Fluentd), Graph databases.

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Fluentd, Go, Python, Java.

Responsibilities

Design and develop highly scalable software features and infrastructure for cloud-native deployment; develop algorithms to integrate ML/AI concepts into cloud security operations; guide testing of critical components; collaborate with Product, Development, QA, SRE, and Customer Support teams.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with technical leadership and mentorship.