Senior Software Engineer - AI Security
Palo Alto Networks3 days ago
USA (city not specified)Senior
Base Salary
$152k - $246k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design AI security reference architectures and build AI-driven security services for product development.
- Develop reusable secure libraries, guardrails, and automated testing suites to reduce systemic risk and detect AI-specific vulnerabilities.
- Translate threat models into engineering requirements, production security checks, and launch criteria.
- Analyze production signals and incident reports to harden platforms and optimize security architectures.
- Govern the secure use of coding agents, automation hooks, and MCP integrations.
Requirements
- Require 4–6+ years of experience designing and securing complex software, including writing and reviewing production code cross-functionally.
- Demonstrate strong judgment in evaluating data flows, permissions, trust boundaries, and structural security weaknesses.
- Show proven ability to translate complex security risks into concrete, implementable product features.
- Have practical knowledge of prompt injection testing, AI red teaming, and model safety evaluation.
- Be familiar with enterprise SaaS requirements such as audit logs, data residency, encryption, and customer trust guarantees.
- Have experience developing internal tools, CI pipelines, MCP integrations, or coding-agent guardrails.
- Active security-community participation through open-source work, vulnerability write-ups, or conference talks is expected.
Benefits
- Most teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when needed.
- Employee benefits are available, with additional benefits information provided by the employer.
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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.