Senior Staff Software Engineer

Palo Alto Networks

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $153,700–$248,600 / yr
Posted: 63 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity company offering network security, cloud security, and endpoint protection solutions.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer

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The Sr Staff Software Engineer joins the Information Technology team as an AI-Native Cloud FinOps Engineer to build intelligent pipelines and autonomous optimization systems for cloud spend. You will develop closed-loop software systems that automatically convert detected optimization opportunities into savings across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Key responsibilities include engineering autonomous systems to govern high-cost AI/ML workloads, managing GPU cluster provisioning, and building infrastructure-as-code pipelines. You will utilize Python, TypeScript/Node.js, ReAct, LangChain, Terraform, and Pulumi to manage LLM pipelines and vector databases. The role solves the technical challenge of treating cloud efficiency as a continuous software feature by using predictive machine learning models to analyze real-time usage telemetry, detect spend anomalies, and design internal AI agents to submit pre-validated Pull Requests.

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Skills

AWS Azure GCP Python TypeScript Node.js Terraform Pulumi LangChain Kubernetes SQL BigQuery Snowflake CI/CD Vector Databases LLM APIs FinOps Machine Learning GPU Cluster Provisioning

What you'll do

Engineer autonomous systems using LangChain and ADK to inspect and optimize high-cost AI/ML workloads.
Programmatically manage GPU cluster provisioning, optimize model batching, and track per-token unit economics.
Write closed-loop software systems that automatically convert detected optimization opportunities into executed savings.
Build infrastructure-as-code pipelines using Terraform and Pulumi with real-time cost-compilation checks.
Train and deploy predictive machine learning models to analyze usage telemetry and detect spend anomalies.
Build telemetry platforms to measure unit economics and lead the technical evolution of FinOps maturity.
Design internal AI agents to analyze infrastructure state, detect waste, and submit pre-validated Pull Requests.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or Cloud FinOps teams.
2+ years of hands-on experience building software tools or AI/ML integrations for cloud resource management.
Strong software engineering fundamentals in Python, ReAct, and TypeScript/Node.js.
Practical experience interfacing with LLM APIs, vector databases, and agentic frameworks.
Deep understanding of the architectural and financial cost drivers of AI/ML workloads.
Hands-on programmatic experience interacting with FinOps APIs across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Mastery of IaC tools like Terraform and Pulumi, combined with CI/CD engine experience.
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