Distinguished Software Engineer - ADEM (Backend)

Palo Alto Networks is a leader in cybersecurity, dedicated to protecting the digital way of life. The Distinguished Software Engineer will serve as a primary architect and technical visionary for the ADEM backend ecosystem, responsible for defining the technical roadmap and solving complex distributed systems challenges while mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Define the long-term architectural vision for ADEM backend services, ensuring scalability to support hundreds of millions of global endpoints and multi-petabyte telemetry streams
• Lead the 'Design Review Board' for the ADEM org, ensuring that all new services adhere to Secure AI by Design, high-availability patterns, and cost-efficient GCP utilization
• Drive the transition from traditional analytics to Agentic AI workflows, overseeing the backend orchestration required to power LLM-driven autonomous remediation
• Partner with Product Management, Data Science, and DevOps to translate ambiguous business requirements into robust, high-performance technical specifications
• Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Staff and Senior engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous testing, high code quality, and proactive technical debt management
• Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point for complex, systemic production issues, leading post-mortems that drive permanent architectural improvements