Senior Manager Software Engineering ADEM Autonomous Digital Experience Management

Palo Alto Networks

Santa Clara, CA

Full Time

Senior

185k-298k

4 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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. The role involves managing a team of Back End engineers building distributed systems and data processing pipelines running on Kubernetes in GCP. This is a hands-on leadership position requiring strong technical judgment, people management skills, and a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and service architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Lead a team of engineers building high-scale Back End 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

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Back End 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 or equivalent military experience

Nice to Have

Experience with large-scale data systems and analytics pipelines

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent military experience

Benefits & Perks

Compensation between $185,000/YR and $298,000/YR depending on qualifications and experience
Potential inclusion of restricted stock units and a bonus
Employee benefits as described in company documentation

Working at Palo Alto Networks

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