Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform & Orchestration

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 197.000 - 319.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the team building the core systems powering Console's AI agents. You will oversee agent execution, orchestration, and distributed backend systems enabling autonomous workflows across enterprise apps.

This role blends deep technical involvement with talent development, focusing on architecture, system design, and reliable delivery. You will mentor Tech Leads and engineers, hire top talent, and scale the team while preserving

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering management.
• Strong backend / distributed systems foundation.
• Experience with distributed architectures, asynchronous execution, concurrency, state management, or workflow orchestration.
• A technically strong engineering leader who can engage deeply in distributed systems architecture and problem-solving.
• A high-agency leader who creates urgency, drives accountability, and delivers in fast-moving environments.
• A talent multiplier who develops teams through coaching and clear expectations.
• Product-minded and collaborative, connecting technical decisions to customer impact across Product, AI, and Engineering.
• An AI-native leader who explores emerging AI technologies and tools.

Aufgaben

• Lead a high-performing platform engineering team for Console's agent execution and orchestration.
• Stay involved in architecture, design, debugging, and problem-solving with Tech Leads.
• Drive delivery by translating priorities into plans and managing dependencies.
• Partner with Product and AI Engineering to evolve Console's architecture and enable scalable capabilities.
• Own team performance and development, including coaching, feedback, and promotions.
• Collaborate with Tech Leads on scope, sequencing, and timelines while maintaining delivery accountability.
• Scale the engineering team through hiring, talent development, and structured processes.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems

Leadership / People management

Architecture & system design

Engineering management in startups

Delivery / execution

Tools

Agent frameworks

LLM architectures

AI observability

Jobbeschreibung

Palo Alto Networks is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the team building the core systems powering Console's AI agents. You will oversee agent execution, orchestration, and distributed backend systems enabling autonomous workflows across enterprise apps.

This role blends deep technical involvement with talent development, focusing on architecture, system design, and reliable delivery. You will mentor Tech Leads and engineers, hire top talent, and scale the team while preserving