Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)10+ yrsBengaluruOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 50–90 LPA
Posted 13h ago
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About This Role
- Define and lead architectural vision and technical direction for AI-first enterprise applications and platforms across multiple teams and business domains.
- Lead architecture and delivery of complex cross-team systems involving full-stack applications, cloud-native services, enterprise data, and applied AI.
- Establish reusable engineering standards and AI-first patterns including agentic workflows, RAG architectures, LLM evaluation, AI security, and tool integration; mentor senior engineers and influence broader engineering practices.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership across complex, production-scale systems.
- Proven experience designing and delivering AI-integrated production systems utilizing LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval augmentation, evaluation, and AI security.
- Role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship; work location not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Senior-level engineer with deep expertise in full-stack and distributed systems engineering and architecture across multiple services or teams.
- Experience translating ambiguous, high-impact business problems into clear technical strategies and shaping technical standards across an organization.
- Strong background in production AI systems design involving LLM orchestration, security controls, retrieval techniques, and modern cloud-native architectures.