Senior Director Software Engineering; Cortex Cloud

Senior Director Software Engineering (Cortex Cloud)

Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel (Remote available)

Employment Type: Full Time

Start Date: Immediate

At Palo Alto Networks, our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting the digital way of life. We build world‑class products like Cortex XDR and Cloud Workload Protection, delivering end‑to‑end security across endpoints, cloud environments, and containers.

As Senior Director, you will lead multiple backend engineering teams focused on building and maintaining our industry‑leading cybersecurity products. You will drive vision, strategy, and engineering excellence while integrating AI‑powered capabilities to secure software development.

• Lead and mentor backend engineering teams, driving recruitment, retention, and talent development.
• Oversee the design and delivery of secure, scalable software solutions, ensuring best practices in security throughout the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with product, security research, endpoint engineering, and platform teams to align engineering with business goals and customer needs.
• Harness AI‑embedding and AI‑powered capabilities into both products and engineering practices.

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 8+ years managing multiple software engineering teams.
• Experience with high‑scale, critical systems backend engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through organizational change, balancing strategy with execution.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, secure, and scalable SaaS products.
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software, Computer Engineering, or equivalent military experience required.
• Detail‑oriented and able to drill down into technical details while enabling employees to deliver.
• Experience in the cybersecurity domain is an advantage.

We offer a flexible benefits package, including a well‑designed wellbeing allowance, mental and financial health resources, and personalized learning opportunities.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. All appointment decisions are made without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, 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 in accordance with EEO guidelines.