Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

Job Description

Your Career

We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our AI & Data Security Innovation team at the Tel-Aviv R&D center. This team is a specialized unit within the Quality group, focused on creating production-grade AI Innovations that revolutionize our security assurance and development processes. We build the platform and services that power our company's internal AI and Security validation  capabilities, enabling our colleagues and customers to work smarter and faster.

We need an experienced engineer with a passion for building, deploying, and scaling our Security AI systems and environment. This is a hands-on role that combines research, devops and data science. The role requires a constant creative trailblazing mindset and novel non-linear thinking. You will develop and enhance complex agentic AI products, architect for scale, and optimize for performance. Additionally,  you will be responsible for turning innovative AI concepts into robust, efficient, and reliable services for multiple teams.

Your Impact

• Research, Evaluate and leverage the power of AI and LLMS in cybersecurity
• Implement and optimize advanced AI/LLM systems, including complex RAG pipelines and efficient multi-tool agentic workflows. 
• Develop and contribute to AI frameworks and services that provide game-changing capabilities
• Transform strategic vision into production-grade reality.
• Build, deploy, operate and Maintain the core MLOps infrastructure for our AI services
• Perform Data-driven research on big data platforms 
• See your product going live in a short period of time

Qualifications

Your Experience

• 4+ years experience as a software engineer (or equivalent)
• expert-level proficiency in Python
• Proven experience building and deploying scalable applications
• Hands-on experience with AI systems and agentic AI workflows
•  practical experience with modern MLOps/DevOps tools and practices
• An innovator's mindset: You thrive on solving ambiguous, open-ended problems and are driven to build novel solutions where no playbook exists.
• Cybersecurity experience - Big Advantage
• Experience with XDR/SIEM/EDR/NDR product - Advantage

Additional Information

The Team

Our AI & Data Security Innovation team at the Tel-Aviv R&D center. This team is a specialized unit within the Quality group, focused on creating production-grade AI Innovations that revolutionize our security assurance and development processes. We build the platform and services that power our company's internal AI and Security validation  capabilities, enabling our colleagues and customers to work smarter and faster.

• Our Commitment
• We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t 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.