Sr. Engineering Manager - (Console)

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

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the team building the core systems that power Console's AI agents. You'll lead engineers responsible for agent execution, orchestration, and the distributed backend systems that enable autonomous workflows across enterprise applications.

This role combines deep technical involvement with a high bar for talent and execution. You'll stay close to architecture, system design, and implementation, working alongside your team to solve complex challenges around distributed execution, workflow orchestration, state management, and reliability. You'll contribute directly to technical problem-solving while empowering Tech Leads and engineers to own implementation.

You'll be accountable for building an exceptional team, developing engineers, and driving execution. We're looking for a leader who thrives in ambiguity, brings strong technical judgment, and knows how to scale engineering teams without sacrificing startup speed.

What You'll Do

• Lead a high-performing team of platform engineers responsible for Console's agent execution, orchestration, and foundational backend systems, establishing clear ownership and accountability.
• Stay deeply involved in architecture, system design, debugging, and technical problem-solving, partnering with Tech Leads on complex engineering challenges and contributing to implementation when needed.
• Drive engineering execution and delivery, translating product and technical priorities into clear plans, managing dependencies, and consistently delivering against commitments.
• Partner with Product and AI Engineering to evolve Console's agentic architecture and deliver scalable platform capabilities that support increasingly sophisticated agent workflows.
• Own team performance and development, including coaching, career growth, feedback, promotions, and difficult conversations.
• Partner with Tech Leads on technical scope, sequencing, and timelines, empowering them to own detailed technical decisions while maintaining accountability for delivery.
• Build and scale an exceptional engineering team through hiring, talent development, and resource allocation, introducing structure without unnecessary bureaucracy.

Qualifications

Who You Are

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years managing engineering teams, ideally across high-growth startups and larger organizations.
• Strong technical foundation in backend, platform, or distributed systems engineering, with experience designing and shipping complex production systems.
• Experience with distributed architectures, asynchronous execution, concurrency, state management, or workflow orchestration, and the judgment to navigate complex technical tradeoffs.
• A technically strong engineering leader who can engage deeply in distributed systems architecture, challenge technical assumptions, and contribute directly to solving complex engineering problems.
• A high-agency leader who creates urgency, drives accountability, and consistently delivers on commitments in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• A talent multiplier who recognizes exceptional engineers, sets a high bar, and develops teams through coaching, candid feedback, and clear expectations.
• Product-minded and collaborative, with the ability to connect technical decisions to customer impact and work effectively across Product, AI, and Engineering.
• An AI-native engineering leader who actively explores emerging AI technologies and development tools and brings informed opinions on how they're changing software development.

Nice to Have

• Experience building or leading teams responsible for agentic AI platforms, workflow orchestration engines, or distributed execution systems.
• Familiarity with LLM application architectures, agent frameworks, tool calling, or AI observability.
• Experience leading platform teams responsible for foundational systems used across multiple engineering teams.
• Founding engineering or early-stage startup experience, particularly building and scaling 0→1 products or systems.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, 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.

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