# Senior Principal Engineer, Developer Productivity at Palo Alto Networks

- Company: Palo Alto Networks
- What the company does: Implement Zero Trust, Secure your Network, Cloud workloads, Hybrid Workforce, Leverage Threat Intelligence & Security Consulting. Cybersecurity Services & Education for CISO’s, Head of Infrastructure, Network Security Engineers, Cloud Architects & SOC Managers. Backed by Greylock, Sequoia and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Office - USA - CA - Headquarters
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-14
- Apply: https://paloaltonetworks.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/panwexternalcareers/job/Office---USA---CA---Headquarters/Senior-Principal-Engineer--Developer-Productivity_JR-023187?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/palo-alto-networks-senior-principal-engineer-developer-productivity/

## About the role

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 12 years and a Master’s degree, or a PhD with 8 years experience in software engineering field, or equivalent demonstrated technical impact
- Experience operating at Senior Principal, Principal or equivalent scope across multiple teams or engineering domains
- Strong hands-on software-engineering skills and a recent record of building and operating production systems
- Practical experience with large language model APIs, tool-using agents, agent orchestration, context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and AI observability
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into developer workflows, engineering platforms, or enterprise applications
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, testing, observability, and production operations


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