Senior AI-First Finance Software Engineer

Jobs Paloaltonetworks; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an IT Engineer on the IT Engineering team to advance finance-related initiatives, partnering with Finance stakeholders to modernize and automate high-impact processes. The role blends full-stack web development (TypeScript, NestJS, React) with cloud-native AI workflows on GCP and responsible AI design, delivering measurable business impact.

You will design scalable systems, ensure guardrails, mentor juniors, and improve velocity through AI tools while upholding high

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong full-stack development experience
• Experience integrating AI services (Vertex AI, OpenAI, RAG, embeddings, tool/function calling)
• Experience with CI/CD, containerization, and production observability
• Strong debugging, system thinking, and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex projects

Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack enterprise applications supporting finance initiatives
• Own major features or services from design through production deployment
• Build AI-integrated workflows (RAG pipelines, structured LLM calls, automation orchestration) with guardrails and evaluation practices
• Integrate securely with finance systems and data sources to enable reliable automation
• Establish high-quality testing, logging, tracing, and observability practices
• Improve development velocity by leveraging AI coding tools responsibly and validating outputs
• Contribute architectural input in design reviews and challenge weak designs
• Debug complex production issues and implement safeguards to prevent recurrence
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and pairing

Skills

Full-stack development

AI integration

CI/CD

System thinking

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

Vertex AI

OpenAI

RAG pipelines

Embeddings

Tool calling

React

NestJS

TypeScript

Job description

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an IT Engineer on the IT Engineering team to advance finance-related initiatives, partnering with Finance stakeholders to modernize and automate high-impact processes. The role blends full-stack web development (TypeScript, NestJS, React) with cloud-native AI workflows on GCP and responsible AI design, delivering measurable business impact.

You will design scalable systems, ensure guardrails, mentor juniors, and improve velocity through AI tools while upholding high