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This role pays less than
94%
of similar roles. Most pay
$177,381–$226,512
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$163k
versus about
$202k
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
51 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$159,100–$257,400
across 47 roles with salary data.
The Staff Software Engineer(Cloudops) joins the team to build software engines, intelligent pipelines, and autonomous systems powering a cloud presence. This role involves designing and optimizing highly available, distributed cloud applications across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will architect scalable systems using Pulumi, AWS CDK, or Terraform, while integrating AI development workflows and custom LLM agents for infrastructure compilation and drift detection. Key responsibilities include engineering autonomous agents using TypeScript, Node.js, Go, or Python with frameworks like LangChain or CrewAI. You will manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters, implement observability frameworks like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, and develop predictive machine learning models for cloud governance. The work focuses on transitioning from rigid configuration management to AI-driven, self-healing software architectures and autonomous incident response for complex distributed systems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Kubernetes
Terraform
Python
Go
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Helm
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
SRE
Configuration Management
Flux
Linux
TCP/IP
HTTP
WAF
IAM
Monitoring
Containerization