Sr Manager, Software Engineering (Autonomous Digital Experience Management - ADEM)

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 that 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!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks’ ADEM (Autonomous Digital Experience Management) team is looking for a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead the development of scalable, cloud-native services that power digital experience monitoring and analysis. You will manage a team of backend engineers building distributed systems and data processing pipelines running on Kubernetes in GCP. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical judgment, people management skills, and a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and service architecture.

Your Impact

• Lead a team of engineers building high-scale backend services, deployed in Kubernetes and leveraging GCP’s data and compute infrastructure

• Own project delivery across the full software lifecycle—from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and support

• Drive technical strategy and architecture for core ADEM services, including data ingestion, processing, and analytics

• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, and SRE teams to ensure performance, reliability, and security at scale

• Encourage engineering best practices in CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure automation

• Grow and mentor a high-impact engineering team through coaching, feedback, and career development

• Promote a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement within the team

• Identify process and architectural improvements to scale engineering effectiveness and system performance

Your Experience 

• 8+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership roles

• Proven success managing cloud-native applications on GCP (or AWS/Azure), especially with GKE/Kubernetes

• Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and REST/gRPC APIs

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java

• Deep knowledge of GCP services: Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, IAM, and VPC networking

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and CI/CD practices

• Familiarity with telemetry and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

• Solid grasp of networking, security, and scaling strategies for cloud-based services

• Experience with large-scale data systems and analytics pipelines is a plus

• Strong people leadership and team-building skills; ability to grow talent and drive delivery

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

The Team

We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. 

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $185,000 - $270,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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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  [email protected].

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.