Palo Alto Networks
Software Engineer
$90K–$148K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · Full-time · Posted Jan 29, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a stated or similar technical field, earned recently or anticipated within the next 12 months.
- Visa sponsorship
- No immigration sponsorship; the company will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
About the job
Develop and improve cybersecurity software across Palo Alto Networks’ Strata, Prisma, and Cortex organizations, using AI-assisted practices and contributing to automated development and operations.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and deploy software with cross-functional teams; write maintainable, documented code and participate in reviews and design discussions.
- Use AI-assisted development tools and help improve AI-enabled code generation, testing, documentation, and refactoring practices.
- Contribute to automation of development, deployment, and monitoring, and support team improvements through learning and retrospectives.
What they ask for
- Recently earned or expected within 12 months a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a similar technical field.
- Strong programming skills in at least one of Python, Java, or C.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally; networking fundamentals for Embedded & Distributed Systems positions.
Nice to have
- Exposure to large language models (LLMs) or AI/ML APIs; familiarity with cloud environments and containerized development.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability platforms, or infrastructure-as-code; interest in cybersecurity.
Pay
$90,000.00 - $147,500.00/yr USD base salary
Tools
Python, Java, C, Cursor, Claude Code, GCP, AWS, Azure
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools and help apply AI to code generation, testing, documentation, refactoring, and developer workflows.
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