Palo Alto Networks
Senior Data Scientist
$129K–$209K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of related experience; OR Master’s degree with 1+ years of related experience; OR PhD in a quantitative field with 6+ months of experience (academic research applies).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or PhD in a quantitative field (Computer Science, AI, Statistics, Physics, etc.).
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Build and deploy machine-learning models for business operations and evaluate and optimize AI agents, while advising stakeholders on data-driven solutions.
What you'll do
- Develop, productionize, and monitor machine-learning models for areas such as marketing attribution, churn, and finance forecasting.
- Characterize, evaluate, and fine-tune AI agents to improve accuracy, efficiency, and reliability.
- Partner with business teams to translate needs into data science projects and communicate findings through dashboards and visualizations.
What they ask for
- Strong foundation in statistics, probability, and commonly used data science algorithms.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying production machine-learning models.
- Expert-level Python, familiarity with data science and machine-learning libraries, and strong SQL skills.
- Experience developing dashboards in Tableau, Looker, or a similar platform.
Nice to have
- Hands-on generative AI experience with LLMs and frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or Hugging Face.
- Experience evaluating AI systems or agents, or expertise in causal inference, time-series analysis, or marketing mix modeling.
Pay
$129,200.00 - $209,000.00/yr USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, Scikit-learn, Pandas, PyTorch/TensorFlow, XGBoost, Tableau, Looker
AI focus
Evaluate and fine-tune generative AI agents, including conversational systems that query large datasets in natural language; improve their accuracy, efficiency, and reliability.
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