Senior Staff Software Engineer
Palo Alto Networks · Hyderabad · 5+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-26
Tech stack: AWS, Azure, C, C#, Java, Kotlin, Swift
About the role
As a key player in our engineering team, you will design and develop new features for our primary iOS & Android products, which are part of a comprehensive, multi-tenant SaaS solution on AWS. We are seeking a flexible, self-motivated, and hands-on senior programmer with a passion for creating excellent code and a great user experience. You will collaborate closely with Product Management and field professionals to turn diverse requirements into actionable plans. This role offers a unique opportunity to observe the large-scale deployment and usage of our product by enterprise customers. Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership in the development and maintenance of our iOS and Android solutions. Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the mobile applications. Collaborate with Product Management to analyze requirements and contribute to the product roadmap. Work with other developers and disciplines, including support, to meet product goals. Drive and oversee the development lifecycle from prototyping and implementation to testing and maintenance. Define and evangelize best practices with a focus on code robustness, security, performance, and scalability. Diagnose and fix product issues, interfacing with the Support team to handle customer escalations. Qualifications: Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience. 5+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years with a Master's degree. 3+ years of experience developing on the iOS platform. Strong background in OOP languages such as Swift, Objective-C, Java, or C#. Excellent understanding of Swift, Objective-C, and programming concepts like multithreading, MVC, MVVM, and unit testing. Excellent understanding of iOS frameworks, the Android OS, and their respective ecosystems. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of Kotlin. Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure (PaaS/IaaS). Experience with test automation frameworks such as Appium, XCTest, or Espresso. Understanding of CI/CD concepts, GIT workflows, and associated tools. Knowledge of security concepts (certificates, tokens, OAuth) and identity management. Experience in full-stack web development. Prior Agile/Scrum work experience. Working experience in mobile device management (MDM)
Qualifications
- Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree
- 3+ years with a Master's degree.
- 3+ years of experience developing on the iOS platform.
- Strong background in OOP languages such as Swift, Objective-C, Java, or C#.
- Excellent understanding of Swift, Objective-C, and programming concepts like multithreading, MVC, MVVM, and unit testing.
- Excellent understanding of iOS frameworks, the Android OS, and their respective ecosystems.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of Kotlin.
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure (PaaS/IaaS).
- Experience with test automation frameworks such as Appium, XCTest, or Espresso.
- Understanding of CI/CD concepts, GIT workflows, and associated tools.
- Knowledge of security concepts (certificates, tokens, OAuth) and identity management.
- Experience in full-stack web development.
- Prior Agile/Scrum work experience.
- Working experience in mobile device management (MDM)
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership in the development and maintenance of our iOS and Android solutions.
- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the mobile applications.
- Collaborate with Product Management to analyze requirements and contribute to the product roadmap.
- Work with other developers and disciplines, including support, to meet product goals.
- Drive and oversee the development lifecycle from prototyping and implementation to testing and maintenance.
- Define and evangelize best practices with a focus on code robustness, security, performance, and scalability.
- Diagnose and fix product issues, interfacing with the Support team to handle customer escalations.