This role pays less than
74%
of similar roles. Most pay
$162,000–$232,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$163k
versus about
$197k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
30 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$154,000–$249,500
across 27 roles with salary data.
The Staff IT Software Engineer role at our company involves leading the design and delivery of next-generation scalable services using Python, Django, FastAPI, React, and GraphQL within Google Cloud Platform. As a technical leader, you will drive architectural vision for both traditional microservices and emerging agentic workflows, ensuring systems are resilient and innovative. Key responsibilities include architecting advanced agentic systems with Vertex AI Agent SDK or similar frameworks, establishing AI evaluation frameworks, defining data retrieval pipelines, and mentoring engineers to foster excellence in full-stack and AI domains. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in backend development with Python, frontend development with React, and deploying Generative AI applications in production environments. Strong proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), and Google Cloud Platform is essential, along with expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation architectures and LLM security frameworks.