Principal AI Software Engineer
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Job Summary
Job Summary
We are seeking a Principal AI Engineer to spearhead the technical vision architecture and development of our next-generation autonomous AI this high-impact role you will build goal-driven agents capable of complex reasoning planning and learning for our Customer Experience and Go-To-Market workflows. As a key technical leader you will shape our company-wide agentic AI strategy and partner with cross-functional leaders to drive the future of AI at our company.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end design architecture and implementation of autonomous AI agents capable of multi-step reasoning planning and self-correction.
- Define and govern the architectural blueprint for scalable enterprise-grade AI/ML and agentic systems ensuring alignment with our GenAI strategy.
- Develop fine-tune and deploy large language models (LLMs) multimodal models and specialized agent models for CX and GTM workflows.
- Engineer advanced reasoning pipelines retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and knowledge graph integrations to empower autonomous task execution.
- Drive the full solution lifecycle from prototype to production ensuring scalability reliability safety and high performance of all AI components.
- Proactively collaborate with data engineering and domain experts to design high-quality datasets and continuous learning feedback loops ensuring alignment on shared objectives.
- Mentor and empower data scientists and engineers establishing and championing best practices for AI/ML development across the organization.
- Communicate complex technical decisions trade-offs and strategic recommendations to executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
- Masters degree with 12 years of related experience or PhD with 8 years of related experience in Computer Science AI Data Science or a similar technical field.
- Deep expertise in building and deploying production-grade AI/ML systems using LLMs RAG and agent frameworks (e.g. LangChain LangGraph).
- Significant hands-on experience building production systems involving ML models LLM inference fine-tuning and multi-step reasoning.
- Strong proficiency in at least one core programming language (Python Go or Java) and expert-level SQL skills.
- Proven experience architecting large-scale distributed systems and microservice architectures on cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI solutions for Customer Experience (CX) or Go-To-Market (GTM) functions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead high-ambiguity cross-functional technical initiatives from concept to completion.
- Up-to-date knowledge of the latest SOTA model capabilities and their evolution (e.g. GPT Anthropic Llama models).
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences at all levels.
Additional Information :
The Team
Working at a high-tech cybersecurity company within Information Technology is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Youll join the brightest minds in technology creating building and supporting tools and enabling our global teams on the front line of defense against cyberattacks.
Were connected by one mission but driven by the impact of that mission and what it means to protect our way of life in the digital age. Join a dynamic and fast-paced team of people who feel excited by the prospect of a challenge and feel a thrill at resolving technical gaps that inhibit productivity.
Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at .
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Our enterprise security platform detects and prevents known and unknown threats while safely enabling an increasingly complex and rapidly growing number of applications. Come be part of the team that redefined the firewall industry and is now the fastest-growing security company in hi ... View more
