Senior Backend Engineer - AppSec ShiftLeft (Cortex Cloud)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.

Job Summary

ShiftLeft is building the cloud security platform for developers (AppSec). Our platform empowers teams to find, fix, and prevent security risks in application code and infrastructure as code through automation and security-as-code principles. We're looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and contribute to our Cortex Cloud platform.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll have a high-impact role in shaping the future of our code security products. Beyond building robust and scalable backend features, you'll help drive performance, reliability, and innovation across our systems. Our group owns and leads the department’s data pipelines, databases, and enrichment and persistence flows. If you're excited by technical challenges, meaningful ownership, and making life easier for developers - this is the place for you.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong foundation in designing and maintaining scalable systems

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with TypeScript and Node.js in production environments.

• Experience working with databases such as BigQuery, MongoDB, or relational SQL systems

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably GCP) and cloud-native architectures

• A self-driven,independent, leader and fast learner with a proactive approach to solving problems

• Experience with high scale production systems

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills with team members and product team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing security-related products, especially in the code analysis or AppSec domain

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience required

• CI/CD methodologies and relevant tools (such as Jenkins, Github actions, CircleCI)

• Orchestrated and managed containerized applications using Kubernetes, including deployment, scaling, and self-healing of microservices

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at  accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.