Palo Alto Networks is looking to hire engineers to join their Research and Development (R&D) team to protect their digital way of life by preventing successful cyber attacks. The team aims to innovate and shape the future of cybersecurity by developing and deploying software solutions.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of hands-on software engineering experience in a collaborative, agile environment.
- Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Go, or similar).
- Basic understanding of software development lifecycles (e.g., agile, DevOps) and version control tools like Git.
- Enthusiasm for using AI tools to assist in development tasks and a growth mindset around learning and experimentation.
- 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
- We will only consider Bachelor's candidates with permanent work authorization for this role.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills; a willingness to ask questions and work openly with others.
- A bias toward action and a desire to work in a fast-moving, forward-looking team.
- We are seeking creative thinkers and team players with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities ,excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a high degree of curiosity and learning agility.
- You should exemplify strong initiative and the ability to work independently with limited direction , and be able to work cross-functionally with other engineers, researchers and Product Managers.
