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At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.
In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!
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Job Summary
Your Career:
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor for our Identity Authentication engineering team. Driving the modernization of core, mission-critical authentication domains across our primary product, delivering massive impact at scale. You will drive the architectural design, technical roadmap, and implementation of high-throughput, mission-critical SaaS services using AWS architecture, AWS CDK, and .NET. In addition to technical execution, you will mentor engineers, guide design decisions across teams, and ensure our systems satisfy demanding scalability, security, and performance standards (NFRs).
Your Impact:
Architectural Leadership: Drive end-to-end design and system architecture for enterprise-grade Identity & User Management cloud services.
Technical Strategy: Partner with Product Managers and Security Architects to translate complex identity and cybersecurity requirements into scalable software architecture.
Engineering Standards: Elevate technical excellence across the team by setting standards for code quality, resilience, telemetry, and automated testing.
Mentorship & Growth: Technical coaching and mentoring for mid-level and senior engineers to foster team growth and best practices.
Innovation & Problem Solving: Solve complex system bottlenecks, evaluate emerging tech stacks, and optimize AWS infrastructure costs and performance.