This role pays more than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$289k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.
Palo Alto Networks currently has
40 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$164,000–$266,000
across 38 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Principal Engineer, Developer Productivity, you will join the team to design, prototype, and productionize AI agents and workflows across the software development lifecycle. You will build reusable agent skills, evaluation harnesses, and integration points while modernizing critical systems by using AI-assisted analysis to uncover undocumented behaviors and technical debt. Your daily work involves integrating approved AI capabilities into developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and IDEs while establishing secure, observable, and cost-effective workflows. You will utilize large language model APIs, agent orchestration, context engineering, and evaluation frameworks to improve delivery speed and quality. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and event-driven architectures to solve complex problems involving the automation of coding, testing, and deployment tasks within a high-scale enterprise environment while ensuring security and compliance standards are met.
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