Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the job

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us!

We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary

Job Summary

As a key player in our engineering team, you will design and develop new features for our primary iOS & Android products, which are part of a comprehensive, multi-tenant SaaS solution on AWS. We are seeking a flexible, self-motivated, and hands-on senior programmer with a passion for creating excellent code and a great user experience. You will collaborate closely with Product Management and field professionals to turn diverse requirements into actionable plans. This role offers a unique opportunity to observe the large-scale deployment and usage of our product by enterprise customers.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide technical leadership in the development and maintenance of our iOS and Android solutions.

- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the mobile applications.

- Collaborate with Product Management to analyze requirements and contribute to the product roadmap.

- Work with other developers and disciplines, including support, to meet product goals.

- Drive and oversee the development lifecycle from prototyping and implementation to testing and maintenance.

- Define and evangelize best practices with a focus on code robustness, security, performance, and scalability.

- Diagnose and fix product issues, interfacing with the Support team to handle customer escalations.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

- 5+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree.

- 3+ years of experience developing on the iOS platform.

- Strong background in OOP languages such as Swift, Objective-C, Java, or C#.

- Excellent understanding of Swift, Objective-C, and programming concepts like multithreading, MVC, MVVM, and unit testing.

- Excellent understanding of iOS frameworks, the Android OS, and their respective ecosystems.

- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of Kotlin.

- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure (PaaS/IaaS).

- Experience with test automation frameworks such as Appium, XCTest, or Espresso.

- Understanding of CI/CD concepts, GIT workflows, and associated tools.

- Knowledge of security concepts (certificates, tokens, OAuth) and identity management.

- Experience in full-stack web development.

- Prior Agile/Scrum work experience.

- Working experience in mobile device management (MDM)

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.

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