Principal AI Systems Engineer & Strategy Leader

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal AI Systems Engineer & Strategist to bridge high‑level AI strategy and hands‑on, production‑grade autonomous systems engineering within the CIPE org. You’ll embed intelligence across the developer lifecycle—from ideation to deployment and observability.

This role carries executive visibility and requires architecting scalable AI harnesses, context management, and governance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Software Engineering / ML Engineering with 2+ years in Applied AI.
• Proven ROI from agentic AI in production at scale.
• Experience solving real‑world AI engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design the strategic roadmap for autonomous AI investments.
• Architect production‑ready harness environments with control loops.
• Drive AI agent workflows from pilot to production.
• Partner with leadership to scale secure, enterprise AI solutions.

Skills

Applied AI

RAG architectures

LLM orchestration

AI strategy

System design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/DS/Engineering

Tools

MCP

Vector databases

Function calling

Job description

Palo Alto Networks seeks a Principal AI Systems Engineer & Strategist to bridge high‑level AI strategy and hands‑on, production‑grade autonomous systems engineering within the CIPE org. You’ll embed intelligence across the developer lifecycle—from ideation to deployment and observability.

This role carries executive visibility and requires architecting scalable AI harnesses, context management, and governance.