Senior Software Engineer – Agentic AI(Cortex)

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to 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 you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re 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!

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 Summary

Your Career:

You will join the Platform Automation group, the central engine driving the next generation of security operations. Our team owns the foundational automation

layer of the Cortex Platform. We are responsible for the Automated Remediation capabilities that unify detection, investigation, and response across the entire Cortex suite, including XSIAM, XDR, and XSOAR, and Cortex Cloud.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a high-impact technical contributor responsible for developing and scaling our automation ecosystems. This role requires an engineer who can translate emerging LLM capabilities into production-grade reliability. You will work on the technical foundations that enable autonomous security workflows, ensuring our platform is robust and compatible with the evolving Agentic AI landscape.

Your Impact

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will create simple solutions to complex problems and drive technical excellence.

• End-to-End Ownership: Take full responsibility for features from inception to production, including negotiating requirements and scope with Product Managers and performing comprehensive QA/validation for your own deliverables.

• Scalable Engineering Standards: Implement high-quality technical standards for the platform’s automation ecosystem, utilizing advanced CI/CD governance and robust telemetry to track execution health.

• Codebase Adaptability: Demonstrate the ability to quickly gain proficiency in unfamiliar, complex codebases and contribute high-quality code across different repositories and tech stacks.

• AI Production Fluency: Architect end-to-end AI pipelines and design, tune, and orchestrate autonomous agentic models, keeping in mind limitations like atency, hallucinations, and determinism, seamlessly embedding advanced cognitive capabilities into scalable production systems.

• Prototyping & Integration: Proactively take on new product areas, building prototypes and integrating new functionality into existing systems with minimal guidance.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Act as a technical bridge between diverse R&D teams to drive unified, complex initiatives.

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.

• Deep understanding of prompting and context management.

• Experience in system design and contributing to complex architectural visions.

• Capability to work with scalable data-driven standards and telemetry.

• Strong Python skills, with working knowledge of Go.

• Experience with end-to-end codebase ownership, including CI/CD, testing, and releases.

• Familiarity with security and automation workflows, APIs, and building automated responses.

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’ 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 accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

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.