Palo Alto Networks
Sr Staff Engineer Software
$126K–$204K
Santa Clara, United States of America · Yes · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted May 11, 2026
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for immigration sponsorship; the company will not sponsor work visas for this position.
About the job
Builds threat-focused applications, workflows, automations, and data architectures that help Unit 42 researchers and incident responders analyze data and create countermeasures.
What you'll do
- Develop features and integrations for threat data collection, analysis, and countermeasure creation.
- Implement REST APIs and workflows that integrate with data sources and support threat researchers.
- Help maintain frameworks and participate in deployment using CI/CD and containerization tools.
What they ask for
- In-depth knowledge of modern AI tools and techniques, including experience building AI-based agents with frontier models such as Gemini or Claude.
- Foundational knowledge of Python and SQL, plus familiarity with containerization and REST APIs.
- Solid programming skills and basic understanding of queuing technologies such as RabbitMQ or Pub/Sub.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate in a team.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with React or exposure to AWS or GCP.
- Interest in threat intelligence and applied security, or some exposure to API design.
Pay
$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/yr (USD, base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI
AI focus
Build AI-based agents using frontier models and apply modern AI tools and techniques.
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