Palo Alto Networks
Sr. Staff Engineer Software, Infrastructure Reliability (Chronosphere)
$126K–$204K
San Francisco, United States of America +7 · Yes · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, United States of America
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New York City, United States of America - Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Immigration sponsorship: Yes
About the job
Builds and leads cloud-native developer infrastructure and tooling that improves engineering productivity, delivery speed, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain developer tooling and backend services across a distributed cloud environment.
- Manage reproducible infrastructure using Terraform and improve software development lifecycle quality, performance, and reliability.
- Set platform standards and architectures, advise teams, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend language, such as Go, Java, Python, or Rust.
- Experience with cloud-native concepts and cloud providers such as AWS or GCP, Kubernetes, Linux internals, networking, and distributed systems.
- Ability to reliably deliver and estimate work, debug software, and collaborate effectively.
Nice to have
- Experience or interest in using AI coding assistants such as Cursor or Claude.
Pay
$126,000.00 - $204,500.00/yr (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, Python, Rust, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants such as Cursor or Claude to improve productivity and automate boilerplate tasks.
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