Senior Staff IT Software Engineer

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks were united by a shared missionto protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here everyone has a voice and every idea counts. If youre ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are youre in the right place.

Who We Are

In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption Collaboration Execution Integrity and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest we invite you to join us!

Job Summary

Our Information Technology team at Palo Alto Networks is at the core of our business and is a true differentiator. We enable our employees and business to be successful and our focus is on the next-generation of ITcloud mobile and social. We are a team of disruptors challenging the status quo and looking for new and better ways to solve problems. We are a team of doers getting things done and driving change from the ground up. We are a team of partners collaborating with the business to help them achieve their goals. We are a team that is passionate about our work and our mission. We are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team and help us continue to make a difference.

We are seeking a dynamic Sr. Staff IT Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of our next-generation scalable services. Leveraging Python Django FastAPI React and GraphQL within Google Cloud Platform you will evolve our core architecture and drive our transition into AI-native engineering. As a technical leader you will ensure our systemsincluding traditional microservices and emerging agentic workflowsare resilient scalable and innovative

Qualifications

• Lead the architectural design and deployment of high-quality scalable software assets using Python and React ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Design and implement advanced agentic systems using the Vertex AI Agent SDK and A2A protocol to enable interoperability between autonomous services.
• Build and maintain Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to effectively bridge core IT data with LLM-driven applications.
• Influence and guide the engineering team in adopting Agentic IDEs to accelerate code delivery and simplify complex refactoring tasks.
• Proactively collaborate and exchange information with product managers architects and other engineering teams to accomplish shared objectives and drive results.
• Mentor and empower junior engineers fostering a culture of excellence applied learning and accountability in both full-stack and AI domains.
• Take ownership of project outcomes ensuring software solutions are delivered on time and meet rigorous quality and performance standards.
• Challenge existing processes curiously and positively identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement in our development lifecycle

Our Commitment

Were trailblazers that dream big take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

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