Senior Staff Engineer Software

Backend Developer

Join our high-performing engineering team in Pune and play a key role in building scalable, secure, and high-impact backend systems that power enterprise-grade products. As a Backend Developer, you will design and develop robust services, APIs, and data platforms that form the backbone of our applications. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges, influence system architecture, and contribute to products used at scale in a fast-growing, innovation-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and own end-to-end backend services, APIs, and microservices from concept to production and ongoing maintenance.
• Build highly scalable, secure, and reliable systems capable of handling high traffic and large data volumes.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, platform, DevOps, and product teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality solutions.
• Drive best practices in system design, code quality, testing, and performance optimization.
• Identify and resolve complex issues related to scalability, concurrency, data consistency, and system reliability.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and continuously improve backend frameworks, tools, and development processes.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications for Backend Developer (Expert Level)

• Strong Experience in:
• Go (Golang) including idioms, concurrency patterns and error handling
• GraphQL, PostgreSQL and Redis (caching and distributed locking)
• Kafka event streaming and microservices architecture within a large-scale monorepo.
• CI/CD pipeline configuration and management using GitLab, Docker containerization and Kubernetes (GKE)
• Exceptional debugging skills with the ability to unravel complexities and perform performance optimization in multi-service environments

Good to have:

• Microservice architecture developed in Go using Hexagonal/Clean Architecture, CQRS, and Outbox patterns
• Python or code generation tools.
• Knowledge on Security best practices: JWT/OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0, RBAC/Casbin, MTLS, and OWASP is a plus
• Familiarity with web browser fundamentals: Browser extension development using TypeScript.

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.