Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

Palo Alto Networks

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On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$153,700–$248,600 / yr
Posted
49 days ago
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Confirmed live 4 days ago
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99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 52 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

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The Sr. Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform) joins the team to design, architect, and build intelligent software applications, agentic workflows, and production-ready LLM integrations across the product ecosystem. The role involves engineering autonomous software agents, implementing custom LLM pipelines, and integrating predictive analytics into core applications to automate complex operations. Key responsibilities include building next-generation observability and security tools for automated auditing and code patching, as well as designing root cause analysis workflows. The position requires proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Go, along with experience using LLM APIs and SDKs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex AI, and AWS Bedrock. The work focuses on bridging frontier AI models with high-availability, high-throughput software services and distributed systems to solve operational and performance challenges.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1123 postings across 74 companies.

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Skills

Python TypeScript Go LLM Node.js AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Terraform Pulumi AWS CDK CI/CD GitHub Actions GitLab CI Distributed Systems Predictive Analytics Prompt Engineering

What you'll do

  • Design and build production-grade software applications and agentic workflows using Python, TypeScript, or Go.
  • Develop intelligent, self-executing software agents to automate complex operational tasks and drift detection.
  • Integrate predictive machine learning models to analyze application performance and operational spend patterns in real time.
  • Implement intelligent observability frameworks and AI-driven automation for automated auditing and vulnerability patching.
  • Translate frontier AI models into high-availability, high-throughput software services in partnership with Core AI/ML teams.
  • Architect internal AI agents and diagnostic tools for automated Root Cause Analysis and system monitoring.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
  • 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Distributed Systems.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience building AI software, integrating LLMs, or developing predictive analytics into production applications.
  • Proven track record with LLM APIs and SDKs, practical prompt engineering, and agent framework development.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals in Python, TypeScript (Node.js), or Go.
  • Deep understanding of software architecture, asynchronous programming, distributed systems design, and performance tuning.
  • Experience with multi-cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (preferred).
  • Work authorization.

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