Principal AI-Led CPQ Architect (In-Office, Santa Clara)

Palo Alto Networks; California; On-site; USD 167,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its CPQ team at our Santa Clara HQ, three days per week in-office. You will lead architecture, drive AI-led, secure, scalable CPQ platforms, and mentor engineers. Strong experience with Java/Spring Boot, Go, and LLM integrations is essential.

This role demands autonomous cross‑functional leadership, agile practices, and a focus on prompt engineering, security, and observability to ensure high-quality AI solutions in our products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of related experience; or a Master’s with 8 years; or a PhD with 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design scalable, highly reliable business systems across multiple services and teams.

Skills

Spring Boot

Java

Go

LLM APIs

Prompt engineering

LLM security

Vector embeddings

OO design

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years related exp

Tools

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Git

Spinnaker

Docker

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal Software Engineer for its CPQ team at our Santa Clara HQ, three days per week in-office. You will lead architecture, drive AI-led, secure, scalable CPQ platforms, and mentor engineers. Strong experience with Java/Spring Boot, Go, and LLM integrations is essential.

This role demands autonomous cross‑functional leadership, agile practices, and a focus on prompt engineering, security, and observability to ensure high-quality AI solutions in our products.