Engineering Manager – Cross Platform (Cortex XDR)

Company Description

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.

Who We Are 

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday – from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.  

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities – just to name a few! 

Job Description

Your Career

We are looking for an engineering manager to lead a cross–platform team in the Cortex XDR agent group. The manager will lead a group of several engineers personally and technically, making critical decisions and prioritizing the team’s work.

The Cross Platform teams take part in the development of Cortex XDR Agent, a disruptive anti–exploit & anti–malware product. The XDR agent is the foundation of most of the Cortex products, providing the “boots–on–the–ground” for Palo Alto’s endpoint protection solutions. The team focuses on the endpoint, working on delivering a cross platform agent for Windows, MacOS & Linux, and builds revolutionary new capabilities to improve security and performance over millions of endpoints.

We’re looking for a manager that can own large projects, guide his engineers and deliver results in short periods and in a rapidly changing environment. Someone with the ability to quickly understand the wider picture and the minute details of code and make decisions that prioritize progress and results. Finally, a manager that can provide an example for the team, create clarity in their work and foster a sense of independence and ownership.

More information about Endpoint Protection products can be found here.

Your Impact

• Lead a team of several engineers through technical challenges, system design and large projects to deliver results
• Improve processes inside and outside the team – Work with other teams, Product, QA and other stakeholders to collaborate successfully
• Contribute from your experience to guide engineers of various experience levels to improve and write better, more effective code at a faster pace
• Own product flows technically, working with Product Managers on the engineering perspective of new features that are constantly delivered to customers
• Analyze and solve customer cases that arise from the field, corresponding with PANW’s “customer–centric” approach
• Team–building – From hiring to team morale, you’ll be responsible to hire the right engineers and keep them engaged and motivated
• Give engineers performance feedback

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of experience developing high–level code in an Object Oriented codebase
• 2+ years of development experience in C++
• Experience leading development teams and large projects
• Rich experience building and owning various software projects with the ability to contribute across the software development lifecycle
• A contagious positive mindset that can pull others through challenging workloads
• Computer Science B.Sc. or equivalent education or equivalent military experience
• Experience with operating systems API – an advantage
• Experience with Python development – an advantage
• Experience with Go development – an advantage
• Experience in the cybersecurity space – an advantage

Additional Information

The Team

To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to know where the curve is, and how to anticipate the changes we’re facing. For the fastest growing cybersecurity company, the curve is the evolution of cyberattacks and the products and services that dedicatedly address them. Our engineering team is at the core of our products – connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. They are constantly innovating – challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. These engineers aren’t shy about building products to tackle problems no one has pursued before. They define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.

Our engineering team is provided with an unrivaled chance to create the products and practices that will support our company growth over the next decade, defining the cybersecurity industry as we know it. If you see the potential of how incredible people products can transform a business, this is the team for you. If you don’t wait for directions, instead, identifying new features and opportunities we have to just get better, this is your new career.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Our Commitment

We’re problem solvers that 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.