Principal AI/ML Architect for GenAI & AIOps

Palo Alto Networks; California (MO); On-site; USD 163,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal AI-ML / Data Scientist to bridge AI research and production-grade backend software engineering. You will turn massive telemetry into autonomous, self-healing capabilities and lead the technical design of agentic workflows.

This hands-on lead role requires building and scaling advanced reasoning systems, mentoring teams, and driving platform rearchitecture for planet-scale impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering with production-grade ML/GenAI 경험.
• Strong Python and backend Go/Java experience.
• Experience with data pipelines, BigQuery, and retrieval systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of ML/LLM/GenAI-powered agents for multi-step execution.
• Build reasoning pipelines, retrieval systems, and knowledge graphs.
• Integrate AI/ML models into agent workflows at scale.
• Drive end-to-end development from prototype to production with strong observability.

Skills

Python for AI/ML

Go/Java backend

SQL & BigQuery

Data pipelines

RAG / retrieval systems

AI model evaluation

Prompt engineering

Mentoring engineers

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

GKE

Prisma Access

Cortex

Google ADK

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Principal AI-ML / Data Scientist to bridge AI research and production-grade backend software engineering. You will turn massive telemetry into autonomous, self-healing capabilities and lead the technical design of agentic workflows.

This hands-on lead role requires building and scaling advanced reasoning systems, mentoring teams, and driving platform rearchitecture for planet-scale impact.