Senior AI Architect for Enterprise Platforms

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Sr Staff AI Engineer to drive architectural direction for AI-first enterprise applications.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, define standards, and mentor engineers, shaping scalable AI-native practices across the portfolio. Responsibilities include setting vision for AI-enabled platforms, delivering complex end-to-end systems, and partnering with leaders to translate ambiguous problems into technical strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership across complex, production-scale systems
• Deep expertise in full-stack and distributed systems engineering
• Proven ability to set architecture and technical direction across multiple services, applications, or engineering teams
• Production experience designing and building AI-integrated systems using LLMs, RAG, tool calling, and agentic workflows
• Strong understanding of AI evaluation, guardrails, model reliability, security, latency, and production observability
• Strong understanding of APIs, enterprise data, system integration, cloud-native architecture, and production operations
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical architectures and execution strategies
• Track record of establishing technical standards and influencing senior engineers and cross-functional stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Set architectural vision and technical direction for AI-first enterprise applications and platforms spanning multiple business domains
• Lead the architecture and delivery of complex cross-team systems across full-stack applications, cloud-native services, and applied AI
• Establish reusable engineering standards, reference architectures, and shared capabilities for AI-first systems, including agentic workflows and RAG
• Partner with senior leaders to translate ambiguous, high-impact problems into clear technical strategies and influence broader direction
• Drive AI-native engineering practices and modern development workflows using tools like Cursor and Claude Code to improve velocity
• Mentor senior engineers, raise engineering standards, and multiply technical impact across the broader organization

Skills

Technical leadership

AI systems design

Full-stack distributed

Cloud architectures

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

LangChain/LangGraph

MCP

A2A protocols

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is seeking a Sr Staff AI Engineer to drive architectural direction for AI-first enterprise applications.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, define standards, and mentor engineers, shaping scalable AI-native practices across the portfolio. Responsibilities include setting vision for AI-enabled platforms, delivering complex end-to-end systems, and partnering with leaders to translate ambiguous problems into technical strategies.