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We are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Platform Backend Engineer to join our Platform team.
This is a key technical leadership role for a senior backend/platform engineer who combines deep platform expertise with strong collaboration and communication skills. You will help shape the foundations of our engineering platform, lead important technical initiatives, and drive improvements in the way we build, deliver, and operate software.
The role is ideal for someone who is not only technically strong, but also a true people person - someone who enjoys working closely with others, building trust, creating alignment, mentoring teammates, and leading through influence. You will partner closely with engineers, product, and architects, and play a central role in improving both the platform itself and the engineering environment around it.
Responsibilities:
Lead the design and evolution of core platform capabilities by translating business, product, and customer needs into robust technical solutions that support multiple products and teams
Harness AI in day-to-day engineering work through practical adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows, while helping shape platform capabilities that support product-facing agentic applications
Bring a strong problem-solving mindset to complex platform challenges, proactively identifying gaps and driving improvements across architecture, infrastructure, reliability, observability, security, and SaaS readiness
Drive meaningful improvements in SDLC, engineering standards, and development processes to support high-quality and fast delivery
Act as a technical leader by setting direction, creating alignment, mentoring others, and raising the bar for technical excellence and accountability.

Our engineering team is at the core of how modern data security is built. We are redefining how organizations understand and protect their most sensitive data in a world of growing scale, speed, and complexity. By combining high-performance systems with intelligent, AI-driven capabilities, we challenge traditional approaches and push the boundaries of what data classification can achieve.
Were looking for engineers who thrive in open-ended environments, are energized by hard problems, and are motivated to build solutions that dont yet exist. This role is about more than writing code. Its about shaping how intelligent systems detect, interpret, and protect data across cloud and endpoint environments.
In this role, you will play a central part in designing and building a core classification engine that powers multiple security solutions across the platform. Your work will directly influence how different products identify risk, enforce protection, and operate at scale. Youll work at the intersection of large-scale systems and applied AI, turning raw signals into accurate, reliable insights that help customers secure their data with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
Build and scale AI-driven data classification and detection capabilities for next-generation data security products.
Design systems that identify, classify, and protect sensitive data in real time across cloud and endpoint environments.
Lead technical design discussions and influence architecture for large-scale data processing systems.
Partner with product, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver tightly integrated solutions.
Solve complex engineering challenges related to scale, performance, reliability, and operations.
Raise the technical and collaborative bar by mentoring, sharing knowledge, and improving team practices.
Proactively suggest ideas, lead initiatives, and drive continuous improvement across the product and engineering processes.

We are establishing a new backend group that will take full ownership of a core application area.
We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer who will lead the backend effort end-to-end - from initial architecture and technology choices, through implementation and scaling, and into long-term ownership and evolution.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will design, build, and own production systems, work closely with multiple teams, influence product direction, and set the technical bar for the group.
We embrace an agile mindset - you should be comfortable with context switching, handling multiple priorities, and adapting quickly to changing requirements.
Responsibilities:
Take full ownership of the backend architecture for a major application area
Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend systems
Lead technical design and decision-making, including technology and architecture choices
Work closely with product, frontend, platform, and other backend teams
Participate in product vision discussions, brainstorming, and planning sessions
Translate product requirements into robust technical solutions
Write high-quality, production-grade code
Drive debugging and root-cause analysis of complex production issues
Ensure best practices in performance, reliability, security, and observability
Mentor and technically guide other backend engineers as the group grows

Were looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Agent Platform Detection team, you will be the technical visionary responsible for defining and evolving the architecture of our detection, triage, and response platform. You will lead the design and execution of backend systems and SaaS services that power alert propagation, alert lifecycle management, and response capabilities at extraordinary scale. Your technical leadership will bridge the gap between long-term architectural strategy and high-velocity product delivery, influencing how detection and response workflows are built and operated across 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 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 Senior Backend Engineer to join Engineering teams - a small, senior group responsible for the internal foundations on which the entire product is built. This is a high-impact, cross-organization role. Everything you build is used by 200+ engineers and affects every service in production: microservice frameworks, common services, databases, inter-service and cross-cluster communication, build and CI pipelines, deployment flows, and release processes - all at high scale, high speed, and production grade. The scope, priorities, and scale challenges evolve constantly grows. Youll be expected to adapt quickly, make pragmatic technical decisions, and design systems that can evolve without slowing the organization down. This role is ideal for a senior engineer who enjoys working close to the foundations, collaborating broadly, and owning complex systems in fast-changing environments.



What Youll Do

Design, build, and evolve core backend infrastructure with organization-wide impact
Own shared frameworks, services, and libraries used across the company
Work closely with multiple product teams as requirements, scale, and constraints change
Continuously improve systems to support growth, new use cases, and increased scale
Take full ownership of production systems, from design through deployment and operation


Core Frameworks

Build and evolve NestJS service framework and shared modules
Design and maintain application-level Kafka infrastructure and usage patterns
Contribute to and maintain integration and internal fork
Implement and enforce global exception handling and service standards
Help define and evolve deployment standards across services


Production & Scale

Own production-grade backend components designed for continuous growth and change
Design and evolve autoscaling mechanisms for async and event-driven workloads
Debug and resolve complex production issues across services
Improve database performance, scaling strategies, and migration safety
Continuously refine monitoring and alerting as system behavior evolves


Architecture & Cross-Team Collaboration

Collaborate with DevOps and product teams on evolving infrastructure architecture
Ensure alignment between application code and continuous deployment infrastructure
Act as a technical partner to product teams building on CORE infrastructure
Participate in company-wide discussions on engineering standards and best practices


Release & Delivery

Contribute to and improve the companys release processes
Support teams with safe, optimized migrations during continuous growth

Palo Alto Networks is 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.

Required Senior Backend Engineer - AI Framework (Python)
As a Senior Backend Engineer on our AI Framework team, you will build the foundational platform that enables the entire organization to design, evaluate, deploy, and operate AI agents at scale. This is a new, high-impact team responsible for creating the frameworks, tools, and guardrails that power our agentic ecosystem.
Youll work deeply in the agentic space, designing systems for orchestration, evaluation, observability, and safety. The platforms you build will be used by multiple teams across, making your impact immediate and company-wide.
Youll Own:
Agentic Framework Architecture: Designing and building our internal agentic framework, leveraging and integrating industry-standard tools such as LangChain, LangSmith, ADK, and similar ecosystems.
Evaluation and Quality Systems: Building evaluation frameworks and workflows for AI agents, including offline and online evaluations, quality metrics, regression detection, and experimentation infrastructure.
Observability, Monitoring, and Guardrails: Providing the organization with robust observability capabilities for AI agents, including tracing, logging, monitoring, cost tracking, and safety guardrails to ensure reliable and responsible usage.
Developer Enablement Platforms: Creating APIs, SDKs, and abstractions that enable product teams to easily build, test, and operate agents while adhering to platform standards.
Cross-Language Integrations: Designing integrations and tooling across Python and Java to enable seamless adoption of the AI framework within our broader backend ecosystem.
Agent Runtime and Execution Engine: Building the runtime responsible for orchestrating agent execution, managing tool calls, maintaining state and memory, and ensuring reliable execution across distributed systems.
Youll Solve:
Agent Lifecycle and Orchestration Complexity: Managing agent execution, tool usage, memory, workflows, and failure modes in production-grade systems.
AI System Reliability at Scale: Ensuring agents remain observable, debuggable, and safe as usage scales across teams and products.
Evaluation and Drift Challenges: Detecting quality regressions, model behavior changes, and unintended agent behaviors through robust evaluation and monitoring systems.
Platform Adoption Friction: Balancing flexibility with guardrails so teams can innovate quickly without compromising reliability, security, or cost controls.
Youll Impact:
Company-Wide AI Enablement: Empowering every engineering team to build agent-based solutions faster, with higher quality and confidence.
Foundational AI Infrastructure: Establishing the core frameworks, evaluations, and observability standards that all AI agents will rely on.
AI Safety and Quality Bar: Raising the bar for how AI systems are evaluated, monitored, and governed across the company.

We're looking for a Backend & Deployment team lead to lead one of the most critical domains at Sentra - how our product is deployed, integrated, and operates within our customers' environments.

This is a highly hands-on leadership role, combining deep technical involvement with ownership of the domain and team. You will lead and grow a team of engineers while remaining closely involved in architecture, design, and critical parts of the system.

You will own the deployment domain end-to-end - from infrastructure and backend services to customer experience - and play a key role in shaping how Sentra delivers its product across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem environments.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer-facing delivery, with direct impact on customer success and company growth.

Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Ownership

Lead and grow the Backend & Deployment team, including hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers.
Drive execution, prioritization, and delivery while maintaining high engineering standards.
Foster a strong ownership culture and create clarity in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Take full end-to-end ownership of the deployment domain, including reliability, scalability, and customer experience.
Partner closely with Product, R&D, Sales Engineering, and Customer Success to align priorities and deliver customer value.
Hands-on Technical Leadership

Remain deeply involved in the system - contributing to architecture, design, and critical development efforts.
Lead the design and evolution of deployment architectures across multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.
Work hands-on with Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), and backend services.
Drive improvements in scalability, automation, observability, and resilience.
Collaboration & Customer-Facing Work

Act as a technical escalation point for customer deployment and integration issues, working closely with Solutions Engineering and Support.
Collaborate with external-facing teams (Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering) on customer deployments and integrations, including participating in calls or troubleshooting sessions when needed - sometimes during US business hours.

Required Senior Backend Engineer- Routing Data
Tel Aviv
As a Senior Backend Engineer in the Routing team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling the backend systems that power our core products. Youll work on high-impact, distributed services that manage geospatial data, large-scale databases, real-time events, and mission-critical workflows used across multiple teams and regions. Your work will directly influence system reliability, performance, and developer productivity at scale.
You will collaborate closely with Product, Infrastructure, Data, and other engineering teams to define system boundaries, evolve shared services, and ensure our backend platform can support rapid product growth. You will be part of a highly skilled and motivated engineering group responsible for building robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems that operate in real time and at high load.
What Youll Do:
Design, build, and scale backend systems and data pipelines that power our GIS and mapping platform, from initial design through production deployment and long-term ownership.
Own features end-to-end with strong accountability, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.
Develop and maintain Python-based data pipelines that ingest, process, and transform large-scale OpenStreetMap (OSM) and other geospatial datasets.
Model, store, and query complex geospatial data using PostgreSQL and PostGIS, including road topology, zones, polygons, points, and other business-critical spatial entities.
Optimize database schemas, spatial indexes, and queries to efficiently handle large datasets and high-throughput workloads.
Build and maintain backend services and APIs that expose geospatial and mapping data to other backend services, frontend applications, and data consumers.
Collaborate closely with other backend teams, frontend teams, data teams, and infrastructure to align on data contracts, system boundaries, and cross-team initiatives.
Improve system reliability, observability, and performance through monitoring, alerting, benchmarking, and continuous optimization.
Contribute to architectural decisions, technical standards, and best practices, while mentoring other engineers and raising the overall engineering bar.