Palo Alto Networks
Sr Staff Engineer Software
$126K–$204K
Office - USA - CA - Headquarters · No · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience; 2+ years building, scaling, and operating large-scale microservices and distributed cloud-native applications.
- Education
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Architects and delivers scalable, secure distributed microservices and cloud-native applications, including AI/ML-enabled incident response capabilities.
What you'll do
- Design and implement fault-tolerant microservices and own complex initiatives from start to finish.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and infrastructure; improve quality through testing and CI/CD, and resolve production issues.
- Use AI/ML to automate incident detection, root-cause analysis, and remediation; mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years building, scaling, and operating large-scale microservices and distributed cloud-native applications.
- Experience with containerized platforms and cloud providers, including operational reliability practices.
- Hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted development tools; experience with .NET, REST/SOAP, identity standards, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Directory Services such as Active Directory; exposure to DevSecOps, compliance, and FinOps.
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or Ansible.
Pay
$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/yr USD (base salary)
Tools
.NET / .NET Core, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis
AI focus
Use AI/ML to automate incident detection, root-cause analysis, and remediation; apply AI-assisted development tools to accelerate design, implementation, and code reviews.
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