Senior Principal Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Palo Alto Networks as a Senior Principal Frontend Engineer and shape the future of cybersecurity. You will own the web frontend for Unit 42's flagship platform, Arcade, building capabilities and providing security insights. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to ensure seamless integration and scalability. This role requires strong frontend development skills using React, TypeScript, and other modern technologies. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in a senior web frontend engineering role and a passion for creating innovative, user-centric web applications. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent military experience
• 8+ years of experience in a senior web front-end engineering role
• 5+ years of professional experience in frontend development using React, with a strong portfolio showcasing innovative and user-centric web applications
• Strong coding skills using a typed programming language
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend frameworks
• Experience with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Vuex) and asynchronous programming
• Strong UX/UI design intuition and the ability to collaborate effectively with product and design teams
• Experience in designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating frontend applications with backend services
• Strong proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Strong proficiency with build tools (e.g., Webpack), and frontend testing frameworks
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions
• Experience with server-side rendering and performance optimization techniques

Responsibilities

• Own the Web frontend for Unit 42’s flagship customer and internal platform, Arcade - This includes both building capabilities to support the business (retainer modeling, enterprise transactions, support / communications, planning) and to provide security insights and protections for customers with integrations into our existing products
• Build best-in-class product experiences working closely with Product Management and Design
• Participate in vendor evaluation and ensure that selected solutions can be customized to provide best-in-class user experiences
• Lead all Web UI implementation for first-party and third-party solutions
• Design robust technical solutions to business problems, with a high focus on quality and execution
• Suggest and implement improvements to the development process
• Clearly communicate goals and desired outcomes to internal project teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree is preferred
• Experience with Remix is a plus
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress) is preferred
• Previous experience in a leadership or ownership role for frontend applications is preferred
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and best practices is desirable

Benefits

• The starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $170000 - $277000/YR
• The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus