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# Sr Staff Software Engineer (Fullstack - Shadow IT)

- **Company:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Productivity Software, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Organization, Data Storage Technologies, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Claude Code, Backend, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, React Redux, Restful APIs, Terraform, GPT, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_af7eca8a38879309ca330152efdf162e

## About the Role

* Industry experience building scalable web applications.
 * Proficiency in Front-End technologies: React (hooks, Redux, component architecture).
 * Strong Back-End development experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python.
 * Solid understanding of modern software architecture, microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
 * Experience with CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code solutions like Terraform.
 * Familiar with AI-based technologies (e.g., LLM integration, ML model APIs, vector databases) and AI-based productivity tools (e.g., Claude Code, ChatGPT).
 * Bachelor's + 4 years or Master's + 2 yrs experience building scalable web applications.
 * Education: M.S./B.S. degree in Engineering, Data Science or equivalent experience in a related field or equivalent military experience required.

## Description

Palo Alto Networks® SaaS Security team is looking for a seasoned and accomplished Senior Software Engineer to help scale out our security platform with a sharp focus on platform and infrastructure capabilities. As a member of the team, you have the unique opportunity to:

 * Be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various ground-breaking cloud security service offerings
 * Lead initiatives in the platform team to deliver security as a service in the public cloud by providing highly scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant solutions
 * Work across multiple engineering teams to define an ideal solution for our customers and help resolve customer pain points.

This role is located at our dynamic Santa Clara, California headquarters campus.

Your Impact

 * Build out world class Shadow IT security platform, influencing critical decisions on technology, architecture, integration, and reusability.
 * Influence and architect cloud native, distributed computing system design, data ingestion pipelines and data storage solutions.
 * Work cross-functionally with Product Management, SRE, Software, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver new security as a service offerings to the market in a timely fashion with excellent quality.
 * Participate in all phases of the product development cycle, including requirement analysis, design, development, test, release and support.
 * Foster software development best practices to deliver clean, testable, maintainable, readable and scalable code.
 * Work closely with customer support teams to improve end-customer outcomes.
 * Identify innovative patentable solutions for complex problems to influence thought leadership within the organization.