Palo Alto Networks is looking for Software Engineers to join their Research and Development (R&D) team to help prevent cyberattacks and protect the digital way of life. The role involves working on products from Strata, Prisma, and Cortex organizations and making a global impact in cybersecurity.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in either Python, Java or C
- Familiarity with Networking fundamentals (for Embedded & Distributed Systems positions)
- An understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science
- Exposure to large language models (LLMs) or AI/ML APIs, even through personal projects.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (GCP, AWS or Azure) and containerized development (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with modern developer tools such as CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, and infrastructure-as-code
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy software solutions with agility and rapid iteration.
- Use and experiment with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, internal agents) to boost productivity and improve code quality.
- Help define and evolve new engineering practices that leverage AI for code generation, testing, documentation, refactoring, and operations.
- Write clean, maintainable code and participate in peer reviews and team design discussions.
- Contribute to the automation of development, deployment, and monitoring processes as part of a DevOps culture.
- Continuously learn and apply new AI technologies, frameworks, and techniques that can enhance developer workflows.
- Participate in team retrospectives and help drive improvements in team velocity and product quality.
Other
- Bachelor's degree earned recently or anticipated to be earned within the next 12 months in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering or something similar
- Exemplify strong initiative and ability to work independently with limited direction
- Ability to work cross functionally with other engineers, researchers and Product Managers
- Excellent communications skills
- Interest in Cybersecurity
- Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
