Senior Manager, SW Engineering (Prisma AIRS)
Palo Alto Networks · Bangalore · 10+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-24
Tech stack: GCP
About the role
Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place. Who We Are In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! Job Summary Key Responsibilities Responsibilities: Lead and Inspire: Build, manage, and mentor a high-performing, full-stack engineering team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment. Drive Execution: Manage the team’s work and progress, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of features and capabilities for the Prisma AIRS Red Teaming product. Provide Technical Leadership: Guide the team in designing and evaluating robust, scalable architecture. Apply your hands-on experience to review code, technical designs, and contribute to complex features. Collaborate Across Boundaries: Partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including product management, design, and other engineering teams, to define roadmaps and deliver cohesive solutions. Champion Excellence: Uphold and improve engineering best practices, driving technical and operational excellence within the team. Communicate with Clarity: Leverage your strong communication skills to articulate technical vision, strategy, and project status to both technical and non-technical Qualifications: Required Qualifications BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. 10+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of building and shipping high-quality software. 3+ years of formal engineering management experience, leading full-stack teams that include backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers. Exceptional technical judgment with deep, hands-on experience in designing, building, and evaluating highly scalable, distributed systems. Proficiency in reviewing complex code and detailed architecture documents. Demonstrated ability to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables in an agile environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across the organization. Experience with modern cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and CI/CD practices. Preferred Qualifications Experience in the cybersecurity or AI/ML domain. Prior experience as a tech lead or architect before moving into management. A track record of successfully recruiting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent. Experience managing geographically distributed teams.
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of building and shipping high-quality software.
- 3+ years of formal engineering management experience, leading full-stack teams that include backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers.
- Exceptional technical judgment with deep, hands-on experience in designing, building, and evaluating highly scalable, distributed systems.
- Proficiency in reviewing complex code and detailed architecture documents.
- Demonstrated ability to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables in an agile environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across the organization.
- Experience with modern cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and CI/CD practices.
- Preferred Qualifications Experience in the cybersecurity or AI/ML domain.
- Prior experience as a tech lead or architect before moving into management.
- A track record of successfully recruiting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and Inspire:
- Build, manage, and mentor a high-performing, full-stack engineering team, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- Drive Execution: Manage the team’s work and progress, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of features and capabilities for the Prisma AIRS Red Teaming product.
- Provide Technical Leadership: Guide the team in designing and evaluating robust, scalable architecture.
- Apply your hands-on experience to review code, technical designs, and contribute to complex features.
- Collaborate Across Boundaries:
- Partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including product management, design, and other engineering teams, to define roadmaps and deliver cohesive solutions.
- Champion Excellence: Uphold and improve engineering best practices
- driving technical and operational excellence within the team.
- Communicate with Clarity: Leverage your strong communication skills to articulate technical vision, strategy, and project status to both technical and non-technical