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Software Engineer (August 2025)
Santa Clara, CA
Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Our Mission
At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.
Our Approach to Work
At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work from the office three days per week, leaving two days for choice and flexibility to work where you feel most effective. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. While details may evolve, our goal is to create an environment where innovation thrives, with office-based teams coming together three days a week to collaborate and thrive, together!
Your Career
We expect office-based employees to be in the office three days per week, with two days working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together three days per week.
You will join a Research and Development (R&D) team that will give you the opportunity to make a global impact. One that protects our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyber attacks. A team looking for engineers who are passionate about technology, have an interest in cyber security, and also want to make a positive difference in the world that we live in. The projects our engineers are assigned will give real hands-on experience working on our products from our Strata, Prisma and Cortex organizations.
Our Top Technical roles we hire for are:
Software Development (mainly Full Stack Development)
Embedded & Distributed Systems
Your Impact
Collaborate and execute alongside experience engineers
Help us disrupt the cybersecurity industry using the latest and greatest technologies
Write code that meaningfully improves our products and services
Learn about the cybersecurity industry from the world's leading security experts
Your Experience
Bachelor's degree earned recently or anticipated to be earned within the next 12 months in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering or something similar
Strong programming skills in either Python, Java or C
Familiarity with Networking fundamentals (for Embedded & Distributed Systems positions)
An understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science
Exemplify strong initiative and ability to work independently with limited direction
Ability to work cross functionally with other engineers, researchers and Product Managers
Excellent communications skills
Interest in Cybersecurity
Our Team
Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
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.
We offer multiple positions across QA, Development, and Machine Learning. Based on role availability, your interests, and qualifications, the intended compensation for each role is posted below.
(QA Engineer) The compensation offered for this position will be standard for all hires at the same level and location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the base salary is expected to be $120,000. The offered compensation will also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
(Software Engineer) The compensation offered for this position will be standard for all hires at the same level and location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the base salary is expected to be $130,000. The offered compensation will also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.