Senior Staff Software Engineer (Idira Data & AI Platform)
Palo Alto Networks1 month ago
Petaẖ Tiqwa, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define R&D engineering standards, architecture principles, and technical strategy for complex platform initiatives.
- Architect and build scalable, highly available cloud-native solutions using data, streaming, serverless, and storage platforms.
- Own end-to-end delivery from architectural design through automated testing, CI/CD deployment, and operations.
- Integrate AI coding tools and autonomous agents into engineering workflows and author reusable agent skills.
- Partner with product leaders and technical stakeholders to translate business needs into high-value software deliverables.
- Provide architectural guidance, code reviews, mentorship, and knowledge sharing across the engineering organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience building production-grade software with languages such as Python, Java, Go, C#, or Scala.
- At least 2 years of experience designing and deploying cloud-native solutions on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Demonstrated success taking complex software products from initial design through production delivery with measurable business impact.
- Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code, and productivity agents.
- Strong full-lifecycle software development expertise, with Agentic SDLC experience advantageous.
- Preferred experience with event-driven serverless systems, modern data and messaging platforms, RAG systems, AI agents, context or prompt pipelines, and custom AI skills.
- A master’s degree in Computer Science or a quantitative field is preferred.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
- The company provides an equal opportunity workplace and supports diverse teams.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.