Principal / Senior Software Engineer - CWP (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

We are seeking a high-caliber Principal or Senior Software Engineer to join our fast-paced Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) team within Cortex Cloud. In this pivotal role, you will lead the architecture and scaling of our core scanner, ensuring our cloud-native security solution delivers real-time vulnerability management and asset visibility at a massive scale.

As a technical visionary in our Tel Aviv office, you will drive end-to-end innovation for high-performance systems, championing engineering excellence and mentoring peers. This is a unique opportunity for a "can-do" engineer to build mission-critical security features that protect global cloud infrastructures from evolving threats.

Your Impact 

Drive the Full Lifecycle: Lead the end-to-end development of features and core components across the entire software development life cycle—from initial design and development to testing, deployment, and maintenance.

Deliver High-Impact Solutions: Independently drive initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver critical features.

Elevate the Team: Play a crucial role in team-wide efforts by driving technical and architectural decisions, conducting design and code reviews, and raising the overall engineering bar.

Qualifications

• 8+/5+ years of experience working as a Software Developer

• Development experience in Golang / Python / Java / C++ / C# or equivalent

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or equivalent military experience required

• Hands-on with container runtimes (containerd, Docker, CRI, Podman) and OCI image internals

• Linux systems knowledge (cgroups, namespaces, procfs, mounts).

• Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes or container technologies

• Experience in large organizations or innovative startups

• Skilled at working with architects, QA, Frontend and other stakeholders to drive alignment and shared goals.

• Open for learning, continuously seeks improvement, and encourages the same mindset in others.

• Advantages: Knowledge in the cybersecurity space, cloud security

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.