Senior Staff AI Engineer — LLM & Cloud Backend

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 204,500; Full time

Job summary

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is searching for a Sr Staff Software Engineer (AI) in Santa Clara, California. The ideal candidate will design and develop next-generation technologies for the Prisma Access team, focusing on LLM orchestration, backend services, and AI components. The role requires strong programming skills in Python or Golang, cloud computing experience with GCP or AWS, and at least 5 years in software engineering. The compensation ranges from $126,000.00 to $204,500.00 annually, including stock options and bonuses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in a relevant software engineering role.
• Strong programming skills in Python or Golang.
• Experience with networking/security and large-configuration domains is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable backend services in Python/Go running on GCP or AWS.
• Develop schema-driven data models and validation layers.
• Implement AI-powered intelligent suggestion and recommendation components.
• Design guardrails for AI outputs to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Build RAG pipelines using vector search and document indexing.
• Optimize AI system performance for latency and correctness.

Skills

LLM applications

backend architecture

cloud services

Python

Golang

Education

M.S./B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

AWS

Job description

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is searching for a Sr Staff Software Engineer (AI) in Santa Clara, California. The ideal candidate will design and develop next-generation technologies for the Prisma Access team, focusing on LLM orchestration, backend services, and AI components. The role requires strong programming skills in Python or Golang, cloud computing experience with GCP or AWS, and at least 5 years in software engineering. The compensation ranges from $126,000.00 to $204,500.00 annually, including stock options and bonuses.