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we are seeking a Senior or Principal Backend Engineer (we are open to hire both levels) for our Cortex engineering group, focusing on Cortex XSOAR, Cortex XSIAM, and new Cortex AI solutions. In this role, you will design and implement robust backend services for our leading-edge security orchestration, automation, and response platform. You will also contribute to creating innovative AI-based solutions, enhancing shared Cortex infrastructures. This is an exceptional opportunity for those eager to advance Cortex products with AI-driven capabilities and make a significant impact in the cybersecurity industry.
Your Impact:
Own the end-to-end backend development of features and components, from design and development to testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Proactively collaborate and exchange information with peers across different teams and disciplines to shape solutions and ensure alignment on product integrations.
Contribute to team-wide efforts including code reviews, design reviews, and architectural decisions, ensuring high-quality and maintainable code.
Apply a production-oriented approach, providing real-time mitigation and effective solutions to production issues to ensure platform stability and reliability.
Challenge curiously and positively by exploring new technologies and methodologies to enhance our backend services and AI capabilities.
The Team
Engineering - Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Cortex Platform team, you will be part of a group with the mentality and independence of a startup, backed by the power of a successful corporation. You will be instrumental in designing and building a massive-scale infrastructure that supports billions of events per second. Your work will involve storing, processing, and visualizing data to collaborate with the industry's leading cyber products and deliver unparalleled security insights.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from requirement analysis and design through to development, deployment, and ongoing support.
Architect, design, and develop highly scalable, distributed backend services capable of processing billions of events per second.
Proactively collaborate and exchange information with cross-functional teams, including product management and other engineering groups, to ensure alignment on goals and deliverables.
Drive technical innovation by proposing and implementing new ideas and initiatives, transforming concepts into tangible product features.
Ensure high standards of code quality, performance, and reliability through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and proactive system monitoring.
Mentor and empower other engineers on the team, sharing knowledge of best practices in software design and cloud technologies.

As a Senior/ Principal/ Senior Principal Software Engineer at Cortex Cloud, you will serve as a primary technical architect and visionary for our core communication infrastructure. This role is focused on the critical server-side backbone that facilitates high-scale bidirectional communication between our cloud services and client-side applications.
You will be responsible for the architectural integrity of systems that receive massive data inflows from the field and reliably broadcast intelligence back to millions of endpoints. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring a blend of deep technical mastery in distributed systems and the ability to influence technical strategy across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the multi-year technical roadmap for our server-side communication infrastructure, ensuring the platform remains resilient and performant under extreme load.
High-Scale Communication Infrastructure: Lead the design and implementation of backend systems optimized for receiving high-scale data from client-side apps and distributing data back to a vast ecosystem of endpoints.
Technical Leadership & Influence: Act as a force multiplier by providing technical guidance to multiple engineering teams, aligning them on shared protocols, architectural standards, and communication patterns.
Drive Engineering Excellence: Champion a culture of high engineering rigor, focusing on deep observability, low-latency data distribution, and runtime stability for mission-critical production environments.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, Infrastructure, and Client-Side Engineering teams to evaluate technical trade-offs, mitigate risks, and ensure seamless end-to-end data flow.
Innovation & Prototyping: Spearhead the evaluation of emerging technologies and lead "proof of concept" initiatives for next-generation transport layers and messaging paradigms.
Technical Mentorship: Invest in the growth of Senior and Staff engineers through deep-dive design reviews, code audits, and hands-on pair programming on the most critical paths.
Strategic Customer Engagement: Support the business by leading technical deep dives with strategic customers, translating complex architectural concepts into actionable confidence for our partners.

As a Principal Backend Engineer on the Access Team, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing, building, and scaling the critical backend services that manage identity and access for the entire Cortex Platform. You will drive architectural decisions and ensure the security, reliability, and performance of our core access control systems.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, secure, and resilient backend services for identity and access management.
Set the technical direction for the team, making key architectural decisions and promoting engineering best practices.
Write and review high-quality, production-ready code for critical platform services.
Mentor and develop other engineers on the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with product managers, security experts, and other engineering teams to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.
Drive the operational excellence of our services, including monitoring, alerting, and participating in an on-call rotation.
Investigate and integrate AI and ML models to enhance threat detection and intelligent access control within the platform.

As a Senior or Principal Software Engineer in Cortex Cloud, you will contribute to the development and scaling of cloud-native security solutions for enterprise organizations. This role involves working within an established team to evolve a high-traffic product, with a focus on refining architecture, optimizing the technology stack, and maintaining engineering standards.
Your responsibilities include writing reliable code, influencing product direction, and designing distributed systems. You will be expected to make technical decisions that impact the long-term stability and performance of cloud workload protection services.
AI Integration & Engineering Workflow
A core component of our development process is the use of AI. Rather than basic code completion, we integrate AI assistants as functional components of our workflow. Our team utilizes a multi-agent AI system (IDEX/ProDex) that assists across the development lifecycle: from planning and architecture to code analysis and security reviews.
In this role, you will:
Work with AI Tools: Utilize platforms such as Gemini, Claude, and Cursor for tasks beyond code generation, including root-cause analysis, system design reviews, and architectural assessment.
Develop AI-Augmented Workflows: Help refine how AI is integrated into the SDLC, including the orchestration of agents and the development of internal tools that extend AI capabilities across our codebase.
Maintain Quality Standards: While AI assists in increasing velocity, you are responsible for the technical output. This includes critical review of all generated code and ensuring that AI-assisted work aligns with our architectural requirements and security benchmarks.
Interact with Specialized Agents: Coordinate with AI agents (Product, Architecture, Security) that operate on shared context to assist in managing complex engineering tasks.
We are looking for engineers who are interested in leveraging AI as a technical tool to manage complexity and who want to contribute to the practical application of human-AI collaboration in a cloud environment.

We are hiring for a Principal/ Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-paced KSPM (Kubernetes Security Posture Management) team in Cortex Cloud, located in our TLV office. Cortex Cloud is our company' next-generation cloud security solution.
In this role, you'll be key in developing and scaling the core parts of our KSPM solution. Our team's goal is to help Cortex Cloud customers understand and fix security issues in their Kubernetes workloads across all major cloud providers.
The ideal candidates are software engineers with a "can-do" attitude and a passion for solving real customer problems. You should be a person who wishes and is able to work closely with the team and our partners across Cortex Cloud to make decisions and drive features end-to-end.
For us, caring about people is not a slogan; we are looking for individual contributors who enjoy and want to work with great people and collaborate on delivering business value across PANWs vast customer portfolio.
Your Impact
End-to-end backend development of features and core components across the software development life cycle (design, develop, test, deploy, maintain)
As a principal software engineer, independently drive and collaborate with others to deliver high impact features in the KSPM domain
Work with customers and provide solutions to their day-to-day work and challenges
Contribute to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical and architectural decisions.

we are looking for a seasoned and accomplished Software Engineer to join the Identity Security organization. Identity is the new perimeter, being the leading attack vector in modern breaches. You will be part of the Identities Team, a group of talented engineers dedicated to solving the complex problem of securing identities across hybrid and SaaS landscapes.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Strategic Vision: Contribute to and execute the long-term roadmap for our Identity solutions, ensuring our tech stack evolves alongside industry best practices and global business goals.
Lead Innovation: Research and develop cutting-edge technologies to solve the "Identity Perimeter" problem, turning complex security research into tangible product features.
Architect Scalable Solutions: Design and implement robust, secure architectures capable of managing identities across fragmented SaaS and on-premise ecosystems at enterprise scale.
Foster a Culture of Excellence: Engage in a high-caliber engineering environment through mentorship, collaborative code reviews, and a shared commitment to continuous technical growth.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Product, Platform, and DevOps teams to bridge the gap between complex security requirements and seamless user experiences.
Own Your Career Path: Take on high-impact initiatives and leadership opportunities tailored to your experience level, with access to the resources needed to become a subject matter expert in Identity Security.

Our engineering team is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks.‏ We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers dont shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
In this role, you will be dedicated to safeguarding our clients data within the dynamic cloud landscape. Your work will focus on proactively identifying and eliminating risks, ensuring our clients' sensitive information remains secure, compliant, and accessible only to authorized users, empowering them to grow their business securely.
Key Responsibilities
Drive innovation by designing and implementing impactful solutions that address client needs, contributing to the full feature development lifecycle from design to deployment.
Take ownership of specific feature segments, ensuring high-quality code and robust functionality through meticulous attention to detail and a focus on execution.
Proactively collaborate and exchange information with cross-functional teams, including product and infrastructure, to ensure seamless integration and alignment on shared objectives.
Challenge the status quo by generating innovative ideas and actively participating in brainstorming sessions to foster product and architectural improvements.
Actively engage in technical discussions, openly sharing knowledge and learning from others to solve complex problems and elevate team expertise.
Design and build highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-based applications and microservices.
Contribute to an agile and dynamic engineering culture, demonstrating a strong drive and outstanding communication skills to deliver results efficiently.

As a Senior or Principal Software Engineer in Cortex Cloud, you will contribute to the development and scaling of cloud-native security solutions for enterprise organizations. This role involves working within an established team to evolve a high-traffic product, with a focus on refining architecture, optimizing the technology stack, and maintaining engineering standards.
Your responsibilities include writing reliable code, influencing product direction, and designing distributed systems. You will be expected to make technical decisions that impact the long-term stability and performance of cloud workload protection services.
AI Integration & Engineering Workflow
A core component of our development process is the use of AI. Rather than basic code completion, we integrate AI assistants as functional components of our workflow. Our team utilizes a multi-agent AI system (IDEX/ProDex) that assists across the development lifecycle: from planning and architecture to code analysis and security reviews.
In this role, you will:
Work with AI Tools:Utilize platforms such asGemini, Claude, and Cursorfor tasks beyond code generation, including root-cause analysis, system design reviews, and architectural assessment.
Develop AI-Augmented Workflows:Help refine how AI is integrated into the SDLC, including the orchestration of agents and the development of internal tools that extend AI capabilities across our codebase.
Maintain Quality Standards:While AI assists in increasing velocity, you are responsible for the technical output. This includes critical review of all generated code and ensuring that AI-assisted work aligns with our architectural requirements and security benchmarks.
Interact with Specialized Agents:Coordinate with AI agents (Product, Architecture, Security) that operate on shared context to assist in managing complex engineering tasks.
We are looking for engineers who are interested in leveraging AI as a technical tool to manage complexity and who want to contribute to the practical application of human-AI collaboration in a cloud environment.

Were looking for a Full Stack Engineer who enjoys building end-to-end systems in fast-moving environments. Youll work across backend services, frontend applications, and AI-integrated workflows to shape the foundation of our companys AI-powered platform.
The AI Application Foundation team is responsible for the core platform powering our companys next-generation AI applications and agentic systems. We build the infrastructure, developer tooling, orchestration layers, and user-facing experiences that transform advanced AI capabilities into production-grade cybersecurity products.
If you enjoy owning features from architecture to production, care deeply about developer and user experience, and want to work on meaningful AI infrastructure at scale- this role is for you.
Responsibilities
Design and build full-stack applications powering AI-driven cybersecurity workflows
Develop scalable backend services, APIs, and orchestration layers for applications and agent systems
Build intuitive frontend experiences for complex workflows, data exploration, and operational tooling
Collaborate with AI and platform engineers to integrate LLMs, retrieval systems, and agent capabilities into production applications
Own features end-to-end, from technical design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement
Improve platform reliability, observability, and performance across frontend and backend systems
Contribute to engineering standards, architecture reviews, testing practices, and CI/CD workflows
Work closely with Product and Design teams to rapidly iterate on new AI product experiences.