Engineering Software Manager (Secure Agentic AI)

Our Mission 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. Who We Are 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! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary We’re building foundational infrastructure to secure AI agents—including their identities, access patterns, and interactions with sensitive systems and data. This includes designing intelligent, dynamic mechanisms for ephemeral access control, secrets management, and agent and user identity tailored to the modern agent ecosystem. As the Manager, you’ll not only help define how agents authenticate, receive scoped access, perform actions securely, and leave behind a verifiable audit trail — you’ll also be responsible for building and leading a high-impact engineering team from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership—writing critical code, mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge, and driving best practices—while building a platform from the ground up at the cutting edge of AI, identity, and security. Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end development of a secure platform for managing AI agents’ identities, permissions, access control, and execution context. Recruit, onboard, and mentor a team of engineers, shaping the team’s culture and technical direction. Drive the design and implementation of core services, ensuring high performance, security, and maintainability. Enforce engineering excellence and best practices, including testing, code reviews, observability, secure coding, and CI/CD pipelines. Stay hands-on: actively contribute to critical paths in architecture, prototyping, and complex problem-solving. Ensure your team’s deliverables meet high standards of performance, resilience, and security in production Qualifications You bring a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. You bring 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams in a product-driven environment. You bring 5+ years of hands-on backend or systems development experience, using languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C#. You bring experience—or a strong interest—in identity, authentication, authorization, or secrets management, and you’re excited to apply these principles to AI and agent frameworks. You’re comfortable building cloud-native systems and working with modern infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices. You’re able to balance long-term architectural vision with fast-paced execution, especially in early-stage or high-growth environments. You thrive in ambiguity, make high-impact technical decisions, and confidently guide others through complex tradeoffs. You communicate clearly and effectively, aligning engineers, product managers, and stakeholders around technical direction. You’re passionate about mentorship, knowledge sharing, and raising the technical bar across your team. You’re self-driven, proactive, and organized, with a strong focus on delivering secure, scalable, and high-quality systems that make a real impact. Our Commitment We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com. Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.