Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

The industry’s most comprehensive product suite for security operations.

Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2005H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

15 days ago

Salary

$215K - $245K / year

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishCloudDistributed SystemsMicroservicesMongo DBMy SQLPostgre SQL

Job Description

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, and efficient backend systems and services that meet enterprise requirements • Work alongside other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones • Optimize and improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of existing backend systems • Participate in operating our systems in production, including Incident Response on a rotational basis • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices • Partner closely with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and our customers to better understand design requests and user experiences • Continually improve existing planning, development, deployment processes

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of experience building backend applications using any modern programming language
  • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud computing platforms
  • Experience with modern data storage solutions, such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
  • Knowledge of current standard methodologies and to try, learn and adapt to new technologies and programming languages
  • Solid fundamental skills in data structures, algorithms, and web development best practices
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers

Benefits

  • National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!)
  • Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours
  • 401k plan
  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
  • $400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything)
  • Pet Insurance

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