# Principal Engineer Software (Prisma AIRS Core Services Backend) at Palo Alto Networks

- Company: Palo Alto Networks
- What the company does: Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Office - USA - CA - Headquarters
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Office---USA---CA---Headquarters/Principal-Engineer-Software--Prisma-AIRS-Backend-_JR-023185?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-principal-engineer-software-prisma-airs-core-services-backend/

## About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join the Prisma AIRS shared services team, specifically focused on platform applications. In this role, you will play a crucial part in designing, developing, and optimizing robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems that power our cutting-edge AI security platform, and you will set the technical direction that other engineers build on. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, building and designing large distributed systems and web services in the cloud
- Expertise in at least one strongly typed programming language (Go (preferred!), or Java, C#, C++) or modern Python (type hints, Pydantic, etc)
- Experience with a major cloud provider like GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure
- Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL based databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Spanner, BigTable, BigQuery, MongoDB, etc
- Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j is highly desired
- Experience with a queuing system such as RabbitMQ or Kafka or PubSub


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-principal-engineer-software-prisma-airs-core-services-backend/