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Who We AreIn 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!
We believe collaboration thrives in person. That's why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it's needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes.
Job SummaryJob SummaryAs a Sr Principal AI Engineer, you will join a dynamic team of seasoned engineers to trailblaze our Generative AI transformation. You will leverage your extensive experience to architect and innovate enterprise-grade, full-stack systems and intelligent, agentic workflows. This role is for a hands-on, highly technical leader focused on designing the next generation of our internal and external business applications to revolutionize our Go-To-Market (GTM) processes.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the architecture and implementation of a proxy-first 'AI Gateway' to ensure vendor independence and seamless switching between LLMs.
- Design and build a single, unified API endpoint to abstract LLM provider complexities, centralizing access and security control.
- Implement comprehensive observability pipelines for GenAI to track trace-level data, prompts, model latency, and cost-performance metrics.
- Proactively collaborate with business stakeholders to apply GenAI in automating complex Go-To-Market (GTM) business logic and workflows.
- Pioneer and institute innovative agentic AI by designing sophisticated Multi-Agent Systems and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication.
- Develop and implement 'LLM as a Judge' evaluation frameworks to automate quality assurance for system outputs.
- Build and maintain robust AI safety guardrails to prevent PII exposure, filter inappropriate content, and defend against prompt injection attacks.
- Develop advanced adversarial defense mechanisms, including keyword filtering and behavioral analysis, to protect models from manipulation.
Qualifications Compensation DisclosureThe compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
$223,000.00 - $306,500.00/yr
Our Commitment We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship? No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
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