Engineering Software Manager (Secure Agentic AI)

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 [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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