Principal Backend AI Engineer — Prisma AIRS Integration

Palo Alto Networks; California (MO); On-site; USD 147,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Backend AI Software Integration Engineer to build a multi-tenant GenAI security platform. You will focus on backend Python, APIs, and data ingestion to secure enterprise AI pipelines and partner architectures.

Join a team that designs middleware, AI gateways, and integration hooks with strong emphasis on security, scalability, and high availability. This role may require travel and offers a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years in Software Engineering or Systems Integration with backend focus.
• Backend Python: production-level mastery of Python for asynchronous services and microservice architectures.
• API development: building, debugging, and integrating REST, gRPC, and WebSockets APIs and gateways.
• Data transformation: mapping and standardizing data formats between systems.
• Middleware: building robust middleware, webhooks, and retry logic for high-volume syncs.
• AI stack integration: integrating LLM APIs, vector storage, and MCP via backend middleware.
• Architecture & security: creating blueprint diagrams and securing AI workloads against prompt injections.
• Rapid mastery of Prisma AIRS.
• Testing: using PyTest/unittest and distributed-system evaluation workflows.
• Communication: strong customer focus and collaboration.
• Education: BS/MS in CS/CE or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance asynchronous REST/gRPC microservices in Python.
• Develop API endpoints, webhook receivers, and data ingestion hooks for LLM prompts and logs.
• Build middleware and AI Gateway integrations with security controls and policy enforcement.
• Create architecture diagrams and integration blueprints for Prisma AIRS across cloud/hybrid environments.
• Engineer automated LLM probing pipelines and expose endpoints for telemetry and dashboards.
• Provide documentation or SDKs to accelerate partner integrations.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

API design

Cloud security

Communication

Education

BS/MS Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

gRPC

Envoy

Kong

Celery

Redis

RabbitMQ

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a Backend AI Software Integration Engineer to build a multi-tenant GenAI security platform. You will focus on backend Python, APIs, and data ingestion to secure enterprise AI pipelines and partner architectures.

Join a team that designs middleware, AI gateways, and integration hooks with strong emphasis on security, scalability, and high availability. This role may require travel and offers a competitive compensation package.