Engineering Software Manager (Cortex Cloud)

the team executes against the roadmap with both speed and engineering rigor. Key

Responsibilities Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing software engineering team, fostering a culture of empowerment and driving both individual growth and collective impact. Partner closely with Product Management and cross-functional teams (Infrastructure, Research, UX) to define priorities and shape multi-quarter product roadmaps, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders. Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle, translating product strategy into executable plans and ensuring consistent, high-quality, on-time delivery. Provide architectural leadership for scalable, distributed systems operating at petabyte scale, guiding the design and implementation of high-throughput, cloud-native backend microservices. Drive production readiness by enforcing best practices around deployment, observability, reliability, and runtime stability, focusing on the details to ensure operational excellence. Align stakeholders across business units through clear communication of technical strategy, trade-offs, priorities, risks, and execution plans. Engage directly with strategic customers to lead technical deep dives and architecture reviews, and to influence future product direction. Foster a culture of high engineering standards, accountability, and continuous improvement, with a strong emphasis on quality and security.

Qualifications Required

Qualifications 3-4 years of experience managing software engineering teams within a large-scale organization. 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong systems-level foundation. Proven ability to plan, execute, and deliver complex roadmaps with high predictability, owning distributed cloud products end-to-end. Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale cloud architectures on platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure. Strong collaboration skills with a track record of aligning cross-disciplinary teams around shared objectives. Preferred

Qualifications Experience with programming languages such as Go and Python. Familiarity with large-scale data platforms, including BigQuery, MongoDB, and MySQL. Professional experience in cybersecurity, data security, or threat intelligence. Experience operating and maintaining highly distributed services at massive scale. 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 [email protected] . 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.

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