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Staff IT Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks

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 Staff IT Software Engineer

Job Description

  • We are seeking a highly experienced Staff IT Software Engineer to serve as a technical expert and strategic execution driver for our core quality and automation initiatives
  • This is a critical, high-impact role where you will apply your decade-plus of experience to accelerate delivery velocity, design next-generation test architectures, and embed an AI-First methodology into our daily engineering practices

Your Impact

  • Advanced Test Strategy: Define and drive the execution of the automation strategy, Implement sophisticated progression testing across key business processes to ensure continuous feature stability.
  • Champion AI-First Execution: Champion the practical integration and standardization of generative AI and AI-powered co-pilot tools (e.g., Gemini, Cursor) across the teams automation and development of workflows, synthetic data creation, and anomaly detection within our applications.
  • Subject Matter Expert: Collaborating with cross-functional teams across geographies to ensure test efficiency and effectiveness to cover meaningful test coverage
  • Contributing to automation development, CI/CD pipelines, and innovative quality solutions like test data management and heuristic analysis
Qualifications

Your Experience

  • 10+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in Quality Engineering, Software Development in Test (SDET), or a highly related technical role.
  • Expert knowledge in designing and maintaining robust, enterprise-scale test automation frameworks (e.g., using Pytest, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured).
  • Demonstrated experience in a Staff or equivalent senior technical role, showing the ability to influence technical direction across multiple projects or teams.
  • Deep practical experience utilizing or integrating AI/ML concepts and generative AI tools (like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Gemini) to significantly boost test development and data management productivity.
  • Exceptional ability to design test strategies for complex, distributed systems, microservices, and end-to-end business processes.
  • Proven history of technical mentorship and elevating the skills of peer and junior engineers.
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent military experience required.

Job Classification

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Search Engineer
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Palo Alto Networks
Location(s): Bengaluru

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