Sr Staff UX Designer

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 Are We

This role is remote, but distance is no barrier to impact. Our hybrid teams collaborate across geographies to solve big problems, stay close to our customers, and grow together. You will be part of a culture that values trust, accountability, and shared success where your work truly matters.

Job Description

Your CareerAt Palo Alto Networks, to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. As part of our Network Security (NetSec) Platform team, you'll help shape intuitive, scalable experiences for complex enterprise environments. You'll drive impact by elevating our design system into a flexible, empowering platform that supports both product delivery and design excellence, end-to-end, from concept to code.Your ImpactAbout the RoleThis isn't a typical design role. You'll be on the front lines, defining how GenAI and design intersect at our company. We're looking for a hybrid Senior Product Designer who is a Design Technologist living at the intersection of design and code.You're a collaborative builder who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You love bringing ideas to life, crafting everything from polished demos to high-fidelity components that get your team aligned and excited. You're driven to constantly push your craft, delivering smart, scalable templates, and partnering closely with engineers to ensure high-quality, file-to-production alignment through shared tooling and languages. Success in this role means reducing dev handoff friction by driving 100% parity between Figma tokens and our production codebase and defining scalable governance models with GenAI.To foster the collaboration this role needs, you'll join us at our Santa Clara, CA office at least three days a week as part of our hybrid in-office model.What You'll Be DoingModernize and Scale our Design System with GenAI: Design components and build custom Figma plug-ins. You will create integrations and leverage MCP (Model Context Protocol) and GenAI-native design tools (like FigmaMake, Cursor, Lovable, and Polymet) to accelerate workflows and define our future standards of excellence. Design In-Product: Transform mundane workflows into delightful experiences. You'll deliver quality-of-life features based on customer feedback from concept to final implementation, using data and usability testing to inform design decisions. Prototype with Intent: Go beyond static mocks. You will build functional prototyping kits using HTML/CSS/JS to test complex GenAI interactions that standard design tools can't capture. Bridge the Gap to Production: Ensure Figma components and their code counterparts remain in sync. You'll define Component Architecture (variants, props, and slots) and leverage Design Tokens to create a seamless workflow for both designers and developers.