Principal Fullstack Software Engineer (Shared Services) at Palo Alto Networks

Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience lead

Education Not Specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Principal Fullstack Software Engineer on the Shared Services team building the next-gen licensing and activation platform with distributed microservices and event-driven architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Design and build distributed microservices powering entitlement, provisioning, and activation workflows across Palo Alto Networks products
Develop frontend experiences (React/TypeScript) and backend services (Golang)
Drive unit, contract, integration, and end-to-end testing
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (GitLab)
Improve observability, monitoring, and operational excellence

Technical Overview

Backend in Golang with React/TypeScript frontend; event-driven workflows using Pub/Sub and orchestration; cloud platform experiences (GCP/AWS); containerized with Docker/Kubernetes; API-first design with REST/gRPC; CI/CD via GitLab.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior fullstack software engineer with deep Go and React experience, strong microservices and distributed systems background, and hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS) and modern CI/CD pipelines.

Must-Have Skills

Strong experience building distributed systems and microservices architecturesProficiency in Golang (preferred) or strong backend experience with willingness to ramp quicklyExperience with React + TypeScript for frontendGCP or AWS with services like GKE and managed databasesExperience with Pub/Sub and event-driven systemsDocker and KubernetesREST/gRPC API designCI/CD pipelines and GitLabSecurity fundamentals and data protection principlesObservability and monitoring

Nice-to-Have Skills

Temporal or workflow orchestrationIAM/entitlement systemsPlatform tooling or internal AI platformsObservability stacks and production monitoring

Tools & Platforms

GoReactTypeScriptDockerKubernetesGitLabGoogle Cloud PlatformAmazon Web Services

Required Skills

Distributed systemsmicroservices architecturesGolang (preferred) or strong backendReactJavaScript/TypeScriptPub/Subevent-drivenworkflow orchestrationGCP/AWSKubernetesDockerREST/gRPCAPI designCI/CD with GitLab

Hard Skills

GolangGoReactTypeScriptPub/SubEvent-drivenworkflow orchestrationGCPAWSMongoDBRedisDockerKubernetesRESTgRPCGitLabCI/CDAPI designversioningdata modeling

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationOwnershipLeadershipMentorship

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Architect and implement distributed, scalable licensing and activation platform components

Role Subtype Full Stack Engineer

Tech Domains React, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, MongoDB, Redis

Keywords for Your Resume

Principal Fullstack Software EngineerGolangGoReactTypeScriptPub/SubEvent-drivenworkflow orchestrationGCPGoogle Cloud PlatformAWSKubernetesDockerMongoDBRedisRESTgRPCGitLabCI/CDAPI design

Deal Breakers

Lack of hands-on Go or Golang experience, No experience with cloud platforms and containerization, Not onsite in Santa Clara

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