Palo Alto Networks
Principal Software Engineer, Go-To-Market (GTM) and CX Products
$167K–$270K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10 years with a Bachelor’s degree, 8 years with a Master’s degree, or 5 years with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD; no equivalent experience alternative stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
About the job
Leads architecture and development of a secure, scalable, AI-enabled CPQ platform, from prototype through deployment.
What you'll do
- Architect reliable business systems and lead cross-functional technical design and delivery of the CPQ platform.
- Build and integrate AI/ML workflows, and establish frameworks to evaluate AI quality and system reliability.
- Set engineering standards, balance security and product needs, and mentor software engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree and 8 years, or a PhD and 5 years.
- Experience designing and developing scalable web applications and microservices integrations.
- Server-side development experience with Spring Boot, Java, Go, or comparable technologies; expertise in Java concepts, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Experience with production LLM API applications, plus knowledge of CI/CD tools, vector embeddings, semantic search, prompt engineering, and LLM security.
Nice to have
- Experience architecting conversational AI platforms, chatbots, or Text-to-SQL systems; knowledge of multi-turn dialogue and conversation history.
- TypeScript/Node.js experience for AI agent development.
Pay
$167,000.00 - $270,500.00 USD/year base salary
Tools
Spring Boot, Java, Go, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Spinnaker, Docker
AI focus
Builds and integrates GenAI/ML and agentic workflows for CPQ, using LLM APIs and retrieval patterns; establishes AI quality and observability measures and applies prompt security practices.
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