This role pays less than
56%
of similar roles. Most pay
$162,000–$227,450
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$190k
versus about
$195k
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
28 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$154,000–$249,500
across 25 roles with salary data.
The Sr Staff IT AI Software Engineer role at Palo Alto Networks' Customer Support Tools team in IT involves leading the design and delivery of next-generation scalable services using Python, Django, FastAPI, React, and GraphQL within Google Cloud Platform. This position requires driving the strategic architectural vision for high-quality software assets and advancing agentic systems with Vertex AI Agent SDK or similar frameworks to ensure seamless interoperability between autonomous enterprise services. Key responsibilities include establishing evaluation frameworks for LLM performance, defining data retrieval pipelines, setting prompt engineering standards, and mentoring engineers across the organization. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in backend development with Python, frontend development with React, and expertise in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, along with a proven track record of architecting enterprise-grade software solutions at scale.