This role pays less than
52%
of similar roles. Most pay
$165,000–$241,937
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$201k
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
34 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$153,700–$248,600
across 31 roles with salary data.
As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform), you will join the team to design, architect, and build intelligent software applications, agentic workflows, and production-ready LLM integrations across the product ecosystem. You will be responsible for engineering autonomous software agents to automate complex operations, implementing custom LLM pipelines, and integrating predictive analytics into core applications to monitor performance and spend patterns. The role involves building next-generation observability tools, automated auditing systems, and root cause analysis workflows. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Python, TypeScript, or Go, alongside experience with LLM APIs from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex AI, and AWS Bedrock. You will bridge frontier model capabilities with high-availability software services to solve complex problems involving automated code patching, drift detection, and large-scale distributed systems architecture within a production environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 778 postings across 66 companies.