Palo Alto Sr Principal Engineer Software AIRS AI Platform 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

155450967

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Your Impact

• Define and drive the technical vision and long-term strategy for multiple complex, highly distributed backend systems.
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of innovative, cross-functional product initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and secure for a global enterprise.
• Influence technical and product roadmaps by collaborating with senior leaders, product managers, and engineers across multiple organizations.
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader, providing mentorship and raising the technical bar for other senior and staff-level engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
• Pioneer and evangelize best practices for software development, operational excellence, and architectural patterns that impact entire product lines.

Your Experience

• Deep and proven experience (12+ years) of architecting, building, and launching complex, large-scale distributed systems with significant business impact.
• Expert-level proficiency in modern Python or at least one strongly typed programming language such as Go, Java, or C++.
• Deep expertise in modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with a track record of building highly scalable and resilient cloud-native applications.
• Demonstrable experience operating mission-critical systems in production with stringent SLAs, including on-call leadership and incident response.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and the cloud-native ecosystem, including a deep understanding of its internals and operational best practices.
• Experience with machine learning (ML/MLOps), security, or data engineering would be a significant advantage.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and possess the ability to drive clarity and alignment on technical direction in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $212,000 - $240,000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.