Senior Staff Engineer Software

• The Unit 42 Engineering team specializes in providing tools enabling threat researchers and incident response consultants to work more efficiently across the vast amounts of data Palo Alto Networks has at its disposal
• Our experts bridge the gap between application development using modern best practices/technology and the world-class research teams within Unit 42
• This role will challenge you to become a true force-multiplier, assisting the security research team through designing and building threat centric application workflows, process automations, and the creation of intelligent data architectures for threat intelligence and telemetry collection at scale
• Assist in the development and implementation of features and integrations to support threat data collection, analysis, and countermeasure creation
• Collaborate with the team to implement REST APIs and workflows, learning about integration with various data sources such as SQL, NoSQL, BigQuery, and document stores
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of frameworks that support threat researchers, gaining experience with tooling and automation to improve efficiency
• Work with senior team members to understand technical dependencies, document technical specifications, and support integration with existing systems
• Participate in the deployment process, gaining hands-on experience with modern tools such as Git, CI/CD (Gitlab CI, Docker, Airflow, Kubernetes), and containerization

Benefits

• Healthcare: We value your health and provide options so you can choose what best supports your lifestyle and personal health goals. Various nationwide plans — including Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, VSP, and more — are available to you and your family. Our providers offer the flexibility you want and the coverage you need
• Wellness: With a large on-site gym and daily, instructor-led exercise classes at HQ in Santa Clara, Palo Alto Networks actively supports employee fitness. Our juice bar, Gym & Juice, features fresh juice blends, a quick and nutritious option pre- or post-workout. And our ongoing wellness speaker series highlights the latest trends in health and wellness
• Development: Professional development is serious business at Palo Alto Networks, where the Talent Development team offers 25+ courses to help employees boost their careers and develop leadership capability
• Financial: Most roles are eligible for equity grants, and we now offer new hires a quarterly vesting schedule right away. We want you to be fairly compensated and rewarded as soon as you make an impact – on our team, that happens immediately! And because we consider every employee a stakeholder in our long-term success, we offer an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with a 24-month lookback. From life insurance to health savings accounts, we provide ways to help you protect and grow your wealth. Palo Alto Networks offers both traditional and Roth 401(k) options, along with a company match of 50% to a max annual amount of $1,000
• Time Off: In addition to paid corporate holidays, Flexible Time Off programs empower our employees to balance their work schedules with personal time off. We offer 12 weeks of full pay for medical leave and 6 weeks of full pay for parental leave. As a company with strong ties to the military and veterans, we also offer 26 weeks of full pay for military leave
• Perks: Our corporate discount program provides employees with significant discounts on merchandise, travel and entertainment. We offer many on-site perks at headquarters, including cafeterias, fuel service, dry cleaning service, EV charging stations, and a company store. We also provide complimentary drinks, fresh fruit, and snacks in break rooms across our campus to help everyone power through the day.

Life at Palo Alto Network

• Familiarity with containerization concepts, ideally with some exposure to Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Understanding of REST APIs and how to integrate with them
• Basic understanding of queuing technologies such as RabbitMQ or Pub/Sub, and an interest in learning to build solutions using these technologies
• Experience building AI based Agents using frontier models such as Gemini, Claude, etc
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with a willingness to collaborate effectively in a team environment
• In depth knowledge of Modern AI tools and techniques
• Solid programming skills, with the ability to contribute to the development and implementation of features under guidance
• Foundational knowledge of Python and SQL, with an eagerness to learn and work with various database technologies, including non-relational databases like Elasticsearch, Cassandra, BigQuery, or similar
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React is a plus
• Exposure to cloud environments like AWS or GCP is desirable
• Interest in threat intelligence and applied security is beneficial, but not required
• Some exposure to API design is a plus