Senior/Principal Backend AI Engineer (Cortex XSIAM)
Palo Alto Networks7 days ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end backend development of features and components from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Build scalable server-side applications and contribute to AI-based and generative-AI solutions for Cortex products.
- Collaborate across teams and disciplines on product integrations, code reviews, design reviews, and architectural decisions.
- Provide real-time mitigation and solutions for production issues to maintain platform stability and reliability.
- Explore technologies and methodologies that improve backend services and AI capabilities.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software backend engineering experience.
- Experience developing scalable server-side applications using Go, Python, or Java.
- Hands-on AI experience through production AI features, AI-assisted coding workflows, or personal AI projects.
- Conceptual understanding of AI models, frameworks, and prompting techniques.
- Experience integrating generative-AI solutions into backend architectures.
- Proficiency with a variety of database technologies and experience with distributed cloud products and major cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
- Kubernetes and Docker experience is preferred.
- Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and complex technical challenges is preferred.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- The employer provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.
- This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
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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.