Palo Alto Networks
Principal Machine Learning Engineer (AI-ML Data Scientist - ADEM)
$163K–$264K
Santa Clara, United States of America · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 18, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in software engineering.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Leads the design and production implementation of agentic AI and ML systems that use telemetry to automate network troubleshooting and power a large-scale AIOps platform.
What you'll do
- Design and build AI/LLM-powered agents, reasoning pipelines, RAG systems, and knowledge graph integrations.
- Develop and productionize scalable, reliable, safe, and observable AI/ML solutions, including backend services and data foundations.
- Set agent-development practices, assess emerging AI technologies, and mentor engineering teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in software engineering, including a track record deploying production-grade ML, GenAI, or agentic workflows at scale.
- Strong Python and professional Go or Java experience.
- Hands-on SQL, BigQuery schema design and restructuring, and scalable data pipeline experience using Dataflow, Google ADK, and GKE.
- Understanding of RAG, prompt engineering, model evaluation, and statistical modeling.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of L3-L7 networking.
Pay
$163,200.00 - $264,000.00/yr (base salary; annual range)
Tools
Python, Go, Java, SQL, BigQuery, Dataflow, Google ADK, GKE
AI focus
Builds and deploys agentic AI/ML systems, including LLMs, multimodal models, RAG, knowledge graphs, and autonomous workflows for network troubleshooting and AIOps.
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