Role

We are looking for a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer to join our ZPA datapath team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose (3 days in office), reporting to the Director, Engineering. As a core technical expert, you will drive the design, development, and optimization of critical network applications and protocols. You will leverage your deep expertise in C/C++ and Linux to build scalable, high-performance network solutions that secure and streamline enterprise data across cloud environments.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Develop and optimize network applications and protocols using C/C++
• Design efficient data structures for network data processing and handle system-level programming in Linux environments
• Analyze network performance to identify issues and implement optimization solutions
• Collaborate with teams to define requirements, design architectures, and integrate network solutions
• Conduct code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure robust and reliable software

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You lead with integrity. You do the right thing, even when it’s hard. You hold yourself and others to a high standard of accountability and build trust by matching your words with consistent, transparent action.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience in a distributed and enterprise-scale environment
• Strong knowledge of C programming specifically for network-related data handling and processing
• Expertise in Linux environments, including system-level programming, scripting, and troubleshooting
• Experience with networking protocols and traffic management technologies (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, QUIC)
• Strong knowledge in one of the cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in L3 protocols, routing, BGP
• Experience in Cloud-based Networking
• Ability to stay current with industry trends and propose enhancements to improve system reliability, scalability, and network efficiency

#LI-YC2 #LI-Hybrid

We are looking for a Staff Escalation Engineer to join our Shared Platform Services team. This is a hybrid role based out of either our San Jose, CA office (3 days a week), reporting to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering QA. You will be instrumental in taking the Zscaler Client Connector Cloud service to the next level in terms of reliability, availability, and scalability. As part of the team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform, you will bring your vision and passion to enable organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Own and resolve escalated cloud incidents end-to-end, including impact analysis, debugging, implementing solutions, and communicating with stakeholders

• Collaborate with development, security, and operations to design and implement code/configuration fixes for complex system issues

• Monitor system health, performance, and security via PagerDuty and enhance alerting to meet SLOs

• Build diagnostic tools, dashboards, and documentation to enable faster, more effective incident resolution across the team

• Lead production service ownership and supportability by deploying critical fixes, making key deployment decisions, and responding to high-pressure off-hours events

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience along with expert troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis for complex, high-priority incidents, with experience using CPU/memory profilers to diagnose resource exhaustion

• Strong hands-on skills in Python, Bash, and Java; cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure); and IaC/configuration tools (Terraform, Ansible)

• Ability to write complex MySQL queries and generate business reports

• Experience with authentication protocols such as SAML and OAuth

• Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP) and debugging with Postman and packet captures, along with proficiency in monitoring tools like Grafana

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience developing applications with Java, REST APIs, MySQL, and jQuery

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or related field); MS in CS/CE preferred

#LI-JM1 #LI-Hybrid

We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Shared Platform Services team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering QA. As a Staff Engineer, you will be instrumental in leading functional, system, and automation testing for Zscaler features while expanding automation infrastructure to enhance quality and efficiency.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Collaborate across Development, Product Management, and Federal Cloud Operations teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products through design, testing, and release

• Lead functional, system, and automation testing efforts, expanding automation coverage and ensuring efficiency and robust quality assurance

• Manage Federal cloud processes, including deployment procedures, monitoring, and resolving escalations in collaboration with Federal operations and support teams

• Investigate and resolve complex production issues by identifying root causes, verifying fixes, and developing comprehensive test plans

• Contribute to team growth by hiring and training new talent, fostering a culture of inclusivity, and staying updated on evolving technologies

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• US Citizenship Required with 5+ years of Software Development or Quality Assurance experience, specifically within networking and security environments

• Strong expertise in cloud-hosted applications, database operations, API testing, microservices architecture, and automation scripting using Python

• Proficiency in L4-L7 Internet and Security networking protocols including TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, and HTTP/HTTPS

• Experience with deployment and monitoring tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, and Ansible

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field with a proven ability to troubleshoot complex cloud issues

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with AI in testing and automation, leading quality teams, and familiarity with FedRAMP qualification

• Deep knowledge of Linux system administration, traffic generation tools like Ixia or Spirent, and relevant cloud or networking certifications

• Understanding of authentication systems such as LDAP and SAML, encryption solutions, and debugging Linux systems

#LI-JM1 #LI-Hybrid

Role

We’re looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to join our team. Based out of our Bangalore office, you will report to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering within the Zero Trust Exchange department.

As a Principal Software Engineer you will build the backend systems that keep the product fast, reliable, and able to scale as usage grows. You will create microservices and event-driven workflows, and ensure data can be ingested and queried efficiently across relational, graph, and time-series databases. You will also drive cross-team execution by collaborating closely with multiple groups to deliver high-quality results on tight timelines.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Architect and deliver scalable microservices on EKS (GoLang): design, build, and operate production services that meet uptime, latency, and scale goals
• Build event-driven pipelines with Kafka and MQTT: implement asynchronous workflows that are resilient, observable, and easy to evolve as product needs change
• Design high-performance data models and access patterns: optimize ingest and querying across RDS MySQL, Neo4J, and ElasticSearch for correctness, speed, and cost efficiency
• Harden production readiness and operational excellence: establish monitoring, alerting, tracing, and on-call standards; drive root-cause fixes and reliability improvements
• Lead cross-team delivery and technical direction: align stakeholders, break down complex work, and execute quickly while maintaining a high bar for quality and security

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a positive force. You approach hard problems with constructive energy and a 'can-do' spirit that is contagious, inspiring your team to stay focused on the solution.
• You are a pragmatic builder. You are obsessed with creating, iterating, and shipping. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and build the first version yourself, balancing the drive for technical excellence with the need to deliver value to users quickly.
• You champion simplicity. You are skilled at distilling complex problems, user needs, and technical concepts into clear, simple, and actionable plans. You are a precise communicator who brings clarity and focus to every interaction.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Senior-level backend engineering experience designing and shipping highly scalable microservices in production developed in Go
• Proven experience with event-driven, asynchronous architectures using messaging/streaming platforms such as Kafka
• Strong data engineering and persistence skills building efficient ingest and query patterns across relational databases (MySQL) plus at least one of ElasticSearch or Neo4J
• Hands-on experience running services on Kubernetes (ideally EKS), including deployment, troubleshooting, and operational ownership

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Proven ability to profile and optimize distributed systems end-to-end (latency, throughput, resource usage), including performance tuning across services, databases, and messaging
• Strong track record designing debuggability/observability for distributed applications—structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing, and actionable dashboards/alerts for rapid incident triage
• Experience defining and operationalizing SLIs/SLOs (error budgets, alert policies, reliability reporting) and driving product decisions based on measured service health

#LI-Hybrid #LI-NT1

Role 

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in Mohali/India, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering within the Shared Platform Services department. As a technical leader, you will drive the evolution of our platform by designing and building scalable, high-performance microservices. You will bridge the gap between architectural vision and hands-on execution to deliver robust APIs that power our global infrastructure.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Develop high-quality, performant, and secure APIs and microservices that are reusable and extensible
• Collaborate with front-end engineers to define and deliver endpoints for high-quality user interfaces
• Lead DevOps initiatives including continuous integration, provisioning, and software version control
• Design and extend in-house APIs and client-side code using RESTful standards and SDKs
• Drive strategic contributions to system design and long-term platform architecture

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Deep expertise in hands-on software application development for complex, large-scale systems
• Proficiency with Quarkus (Mutiny) and Spring (Webflux) reactive frameworks
• Experience building cloud-native distributed applications with Dapr and Kubernetes
• Background in containerized deployment using Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, GCP, or similar cloud providers
• Ability to work independently and pivot quickly in a fast-paced Agile environment

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Advanced knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes and container infrastructure internals
• Polyglot coding ability with comfort switching between Java, Go, and Python
• Direct experience building and managing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines

#LI-Hybrid #LI-SU1

Role

We are looking for a seasoned Staff Software Development Engineer (UI/React.js) to join our team in San Jose, CA, reporting to the Director, Engineering in the Unified Experiences Platform department. As a key member of this team, you will be responsible for crafting high-quality libraries and tools while building high-performance, resilient UI that scales. You will serve as a technical leader, driving engineering excellence and ensuring our frontend architecture meets the highest standards of performance and maintainability.  

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Craft high-quality libraries and tools for building frontend applications

• Develop and maintain high-performance resilient UI using ReactJS, TypeScript, and Tailwind

• Document and communicate technical specifications to ensure alignment with stakeholders

• Identify and resolve technical challenges by incorporating a robust test automation strategy

• Participate in code reviews and enforce coding standards to ensure a maintainable codebase

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience in JavaScript development with a focus on building and deploying ReactJS applications

• Expertise in creating lean, clear documentation, testing, and automation as integral components of the UI workflow

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proven ability to develop creative solutions to technical challenges

• Experience effectively conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Demonstrated track record of fostering engineering excellence and driving innovation

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Demonstrated expertise in performance optimization and high-quality, detail-oriented code quality

• Proficiency in resolving performance bottlenecks to ensure fluid rendering in data-intensive interfaces

• Skilled in designing scalable, reusable front-end architectures that prioritize efficient component composition

#LI-Hybrid #LI-BH1

Role

We are looking for a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering. You will bring your vision and passion to a team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up, helping us scale our multitenant architecture and global footprint to serve over 15 million users across 185 countries.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Partner with Product Management to drive detailed product requirements

• Define software design specifications and implement high-quality code using test-driven methodology

• Identify opportunities to refactor existing code for maintainability while taking ownership of complex customer issue resolution

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams including security, UI, platform, and analytics

• Lead and mentor a group of junior engineers, providing technical guidance and assisting with development details

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ Years experience developing large-scale cloud networking and security applications with proficiency in Java, Go, or Python

• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management protocols, including SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect

• Proven experience working with AWS, Azure, or GCP networking and database services

• Strong background in utilizing PubSub mechanisms and cloud SDKs for complex software solutions

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Familiarity or direct experience developing security firewall features within a SaaS environment

• Knowledge of networking protocols and services including DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, and SSL/TLS

• Experience leveraging cloud-native infrastructure services to enhance platform architecture

#LI-Hybrid #LI-RM6

Role

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (Build Engineering) to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA (3 days a week onsite), reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering in the ZIA Core Engineering department. 

We are seeking a proactive Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (Build Engineering) to accelerate ZIA's transformation into a modernized, automated CI/CD environment. By taking ownership of critical self-service and automation initiatives, you will help scale a lean infrastructure team to meet high demands and directly elevate the daily productivity and developer experience for several hundred engineers.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Serve as the Tech Lead to drive all Build pipeline optimizations
• Implement innovative automations to improve developer productivity
• Build a solid framework for CI/CD promotional pipelines

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and never stop developing yourself, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.
• You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems. You champion their needs from start to finish, knowing their success is our success.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience designing and deploying large-scale infrastructure in public clouds (e.g., AWS, GCP) with expert-level proficiency in IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Expert understanding of the end-to-end SDLC, Linux systems, kernel-level concepts, and complex software compilation and packaging processes
• Proven ability to programmatically build and scale CI/CD pipelines, utilizing strong programming expertise in Go and/or Python, along with tooling like Jenkins, GitLab, or Temporal
• Deep foundational knowledge required to onboard rapidly, understand complex ecosystems, and drive immediate, autonomous contributions

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Familiarity with, or a strong desire to learn, the Bazel build system, as well as comfortability using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Windsurf, Claude) to accelerate delivery
• Strong hands-on experience on the FreeBSD platform
• Good experience in Hypervisor Platforms like Proxmox, ESXi
• Extensive hands-on experience with microservices architecture

#LI-Hybrid #LI-KM9

Role

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering in the Federal and Sovereign Clouds department at our Bangalore office. As a passionate engineer you will work with a team of cloud architects in building scalable, high performance backend applications for our cloud engineering org. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing our multitenant architecture and global footprint for the world’s largest cloud security platform

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs 
• Ensuring code quality by writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests; monitor, debug, and optimize system performance
• Mentoring junior engineers, fostering their growth, and upholding best practices through active participation in code reviews
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to Agile/Scrum processes like sprint planning and retrospectives
• Participating in on-call rotation to support a highly available engineering platform and ensure compliance with federal guidelines

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity, are comfortable building the path as you walk it, and see ambiguity not as a hindrance but as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner, operate with integrity, adapt to what’s needed, and navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver who seeks out challenges and is energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact
• You are customer-obsessed, build deep empathy for internal and external customers, and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems
• You operate with urgency, have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, and deliver high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience with proficiency coding in Java / Golang or similar
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Expertise in designing and maintaining large-scale distributed systems with strong fundamentals of scaling, availability and design trade offs
• Exceptional problem-solving skills for creating robust solutions and resolving complex issues with root cause analysis

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong understanding of DevOps automation workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication, and cross-team collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, make high-impact technical decisions, and delivering results with minimal oversight
• An AI first engineer with proficiency with one or more AI code-assistance tools (e.g., Windsurf, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate development, refactoring, unit test creation, and troubleshooting

#LI-RM6 #LI-Hybrid

Role 

We are looking for a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Engineering department. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Director, Software Engineering. 

You will be responsible for writing the frameworks and tools used to test our products, occupying a unique space that combines the "building" mindset of software design with the "breaking" mindset of software test engineering. In this role, you will design and develop wide-reaching tools and write code that automatically verifies product quality, often writing more code than the developers themselves.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Build robust frameworks and tools specifically designed to test complex products
• Design and develop wide-reaching tools that impact the entire engineering lifecycle
• Write high-quality code to automatically verify product quality and ensure seamless performance

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and never stop developing yourself, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience working on systems or distributed systems with a focus on networking, firewall technologies, and cloud infrastructure
• Hands-on proficiency in Python or Golang
• Foundational knowledge of public cloud computing platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with virtual environments including Docker, containers, Kubernetes, and OVA
• Proven track record of building automated testing frameworks

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP, TLS, PKI, and related networking products like DNS, DHCP, VPN, and HA
• Familiarity with security technologies such as firewalls, IPS, and Authentication
• Advanced expertise in software development lifecycles and high-level development automation

#LI-RM6 #LI-Hybrid

Role 

We are looking for a Principal Web Development Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering.

You will join our Frontend Engineering team to lead the design, development, and evolution of browser extensions. You will play a pivotal role in shaping Zscaler’s next-generation user interfaces while mentoring and guiding other engineers.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Architect and lead the development of scalable, secure, and performant browser extensions using TypeScript while providing technical mentorship to the engineering team
• Own the extension build system and tooling to ensure reliable builds across all supported browsers while enforcing best practices in testing, modular design, and performance
• Champion the expansion of design systems for reusable and accessible components, driving the adoption of standards that ensure quality across all extension surfaces
• Partner across functions to define API contracts, roadmap integrations, and collaborate with DevOps to streamline CI/CD pipelines and evaluate emerging technologies
• Lead the refactoring and redesign of legacy systems to improve scalability and reliability through research-driven development and engineering excellence

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable building the path as you walk it, viewing dynamic environments as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner with a passion for the mission and a bias for action, seamlessly navigating between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver who runs toward challenges with a laser focus on finding solutions that deliver the highest impact
• You are a high-trust collaborator who is ambitious for the team, embracing a challenge culture where candor and feedback are used to build respect and teamwork
• You are a learner with a true growth mindset, committed to your own development and actively seeking feedback to become a stronger teammate

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 13+ years of software development experience, with at least 5 years specializing in large-scale production TypeScript
• Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, ES6+, core JavaScript, and advanced state management
• Proficient in HTML5 and CSS3 for building large-scale, responsive applications
• Extensive experience developing unit, integration, and E2E tests using Vitest, Jest, or Playwright
• Solid understanding of web application security risks and vulnerabilities

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Extensive experience deploying browser extensions across major browsers, including deep knowledge of extension APIs, manifest versions, and store submission processes
• Expertise in profiling and optimizing frontend applications for speed and minimal loading times using lazy loading and tree shaking
• Proven ability to architect and implement scalable, modular solutions for multi-tenant applications with a focus on future-proofing

#LI-HYBRID 

#LI-SK3

Role 

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Engineering department. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering. 

You will be responsible for writing the frameworks and tools used to test our products, occupying a unique space that combines the "building" mindset of software design with the "breaking" mindset of software test engineering. In this role, you will design and develop wide-reaching tools and write code that automatically verifies product quality, often writing more code than the developers themselves.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Build robust frameworks and tools specifically designed to test complex products
• Design and develop wide-reaching tools that impact the entire engineering lifecycle
• Write high-quality code to automatically verify product quality and ensure seamless performance

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and never stop developing yourself, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 3+ years of experience working on systems or distributed systems with a focus on networking, firewall technologies, and cloud infrastructure
• Hands-on proficiency in Python or Golang
• Foundational knowledge of public cloud computing platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with virtual environments including Docker, containers, Kubernetes, and OVA
• Proven track record of building automated testing frameworks

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP, TLS, PKI, and related networking products like DNS, DHCP, VPN, and HA
• Familiarity with security technologies such as firewalls, IPS, and Authentication
• Advanced expertise in software development lifecycles and high-level development automation

#LI-GL2 #LI-Hybrid

Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Shared Platform Services team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Manager - Software Development Engineering.

You will be working on the Zscaler Client Connector team to protect corporate devices by securely and privately sending traffic to Zscaler’s global network, where advanced web filtering and Zero Trust policies are applied.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Lead ZCC feature design and hands-on C++ implementation on Linux
  environment.
• Take full technical ownership of complex projects, from concept to deployment.
• Elevate code quality and enforce best practices to ensure a robust, efficient, and secure client.

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner, operating with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome.
• You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are customer-obsessed, championing their needs from start to finish because their success is our success.
• You are driven by innovation, believing in the power of technology to accelerate transformation and always looking for a better, more secure, and scalable way.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 3+ years of experience of developing enterprise applications with distributed systems background
• Strong C/C++ programming, Data structures/Algorithms & debugging skills in a cloud environment
• Deep understanding of Operating System principles and OS like Linux/Unix
• Extensive network programming experience (TCP/IP, HTTP/S, DNS, proxy) with knowledge of kernel-mode networking or NDIS drivers
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, encryption (PKI, TLS/SSL), authentication, endpoint agents, and anti-tampering

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• In-depth understanding of QT frameworks
• Experience in Network Data Path & Socket programming & POSIX Multi-thread programming

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Role:

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Shared Platform Services team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Director of Engineering.

You will be working on the Zscaler Client Connector team to protect corporate devices by securely and privately sending traffic to Zscaler’s global network, where advanced web filtering and Zero Trust policies are applied.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Predominantly use C++ and platform-native languages and APIs to design and development of smart and breakthrough solutions for secure internet/enterprise connectivity and endpoint security client on variety of desktop and mobile platforms: Windows
• Improve code quality and build solid, testable, and well-documented foundations
• Write and execute dev test routines for your modules

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable building the path as you walk it, seeing uncertainty as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner with a passion for the mission that fuels your bias for action, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are data-driven and use analytics to find the truth, measure what matters, and replace assumptions with evidence to drive better outcomes.
• You think at scale, connecting your day-to-day work to the larger company mission while building solutions and processes that support a high-growth, global organization.
• You lead with integrity, doing the right thing even when it’s hard and building trust through consistent, transparent action.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+ years software engineering experience, with emphasis on Microsoft Windows
• Excellent with C++ AND C# technologies, Python, Query language
• Experience in leading, architecting, designing, and debugging complex networking features on Windows
• Experience Windows desktop application development Knowledge on tools like Visual Studio, WinDBG, Wireshark, fiddler Exposure to networking domain and proxies is an added advantage
• Experience in network security products and authentication systems like IDP, LDAP, SAML, OKTA

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Hands on Windows Networking programming experience with NDIS or LWF
• Understanding of Layer 3 and higher networking technologies - IP/TCP/HTTP/SSL protocols.
• Good understanding of one or more operating systems: Mac, Android or iOS is desired.

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Role

We are looking for an experienced hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in the Bangalore office, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering. As part of the Central Authority department, you will lead the ZIA Control Plane engineering team in designing and managing resilient microservices for the world’s largest SaaS cybersecurity cloud. You will drive cloud-native development, containerization, and automated CI/CD pipelines to deliver high-quality, scalable security solutions at a global scale.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team with a focus on end-to-end ownership, encompassing design, development, qualification, and deployment

• Oversee the design of autonomous, independently deployable services using modern frameworks to ensure a scalable and modular control plane

• Manage CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to streamline delivery and operations

• Ensure high availability and system stability by implementing resilience patterns, monitoring service health, and resolving complex performance bottlenecks

• Partner with architects and product managers to define service boundaries, enforce API standards, and align technical execution with business goals

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or a related field with 10+ years of software experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership/management role

• Hands-on expertise in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous messaging (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

• Advanced proficiency with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Strong proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL database technologies to support distributed data needs

• Deep understanding of distributed system design patterns and modern security protocols (OAuth 2.0, JWT)

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Exceptional analytical skills for troubleshooting complex system degradations and 2nd-level escalations

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration and technical reporting

• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects to completion within defined budget and time constraints

Role

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer for a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering in the platform convergence department. You will design and build a low-latency, high-throughput data forwarding plane using Rust, leveraging its async/await model for efficient I/O and service-oriented infrastructure. Your work will focus on developing distributed, scalable systems that bridge the gap between control and orchestration layers through fault-tolerant gRPC-based services.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Design and build a low-latency, high-throughput data forwarding plane using Rust, leveraging its async/await model for efficient I/O and service-oriented infrastructure
• Develop distributed, scalable systems with a focus on concurrency, fault tolerance, and messaging
• Implement and maintain gRPC-based APIs and services to integrate forwarding plane capabilities with control and orchestration layers
• Optimize system performance through profiling tools across kernel-space and user-space
• Engage in code reviews, system design discussions, technical documentation, and mentoring junior engineers

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of software development experience with extensive coding in Rust, particularly in systems programming and async frameworks like Tokio or async-std
• Proven expertise in building resilient, observable, and horizontally scalable distributed systems
• Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals, including networking, namespaces, sockets, and kernel-user space interaction
• Proficient in container-based environments, Git, CI/CD workflows, and performance instrumentation

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with systems languages like C/C++ or Go, particularly in performance-critical environments
• Familiarity with Linux networking stacks, kernel-space technologies (eBPF, XDP, DPDK), bare-metal deployments, and Kubernetes networking
• Hands-on experience with gRPC, Protobufs, service-oriented architectures, and L2–L4 networking protocols

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Role

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering in the Federal and Sovereign Clouds department at our Bangalore office. As a passionate engineer you will work with a team of cloud architects in building scalable, high performance backend applications for our cloud engineering org. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing our multitenant architecture and global footprint for the world’s largest cloud security platform

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs 
• Ensuring code quality by writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests; monitor, debug, and optimize system performance
• Mentoring junior engineers, fostering their growth, and upholding best practices through active participation in code reviews
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to Agile/Scrum processes like sprint planning and retrospectives
• Participating in on-call rotation to support a highly available engineering platform and ensure compliance with federal guidelines

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity, are comfortable building the path as you walk it, and see ambiguity not as a hindrance but as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner, operate with integrity, adapt to what’s needed, and navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver who seeks out challenges and is energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact
• You are customer-obsessed, build deep empathy for internal and external customers, and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems
• You operate with urgency, have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, and deliver high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience with proficiency coding in Java / Golang or similar
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Expertise in designing and maintaining large-scale distributed systems with strong fundamentals of scaling, availability and design trade offs
• Exceptional problem-solving skills for creating robust solutions and resolving complex issues with root cause analysis

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong understanding of DevOps automation workflows and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication, and cross-team collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, make high-impact technical decisions, and delivering results with minimal oversight
• An AI first engineer with proficiency with one or more AI code-assistance tools (e.g., Windsurf, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate development, refactoring, unit test creation, and troubleshooting

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We are looking for a Staff Golang Developer to join our Platform Convergence team. This is a hybrid role based in either San Jose, CA or Bellevue, WA (3 days a week), reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering within the Engineering department. You will bring your vision and passion to a team of architects and engineers building the world’s largest cloud security platform. You will help organizations worldwide harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy and a robust multitenant architecture.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Design, and implement scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs using Go while integrating with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis
• Ensure code quality through unit, integration, and performance testing while monitoring and optimizing system performance
• Partner with external teams to deliver integrated solutions and ensure seamless system functionality across the platform
• Drive project success by contributing to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives
  
  

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose
  
  

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience with proficiency in Golang, including expertise in concurrency, parallelism, GRPC, and Protobuf
• Skilled in building large-scale distributed systems, RESTful API design, and web frameworks like Gin and Echo
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases along with CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail for designing robust technical solutions
  
  

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with systems languages like Rust or C/C++, particularly in performance-critical environments
  
  

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Role 

We are looking for a Sr. Staff SWE to join our Zero Trust Exchange department.  This is a Hybrid role based onsite in San Jose three days a week, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Software Development Engineering.

As a key member of the engineering team, you will implement new ZCC tunnel features and modularize existing code to drive greater stability and performance across our platform.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Implement high-impact ZCC tunnel features that enhance connectivity and security for our global user base
• Lead the modularization of existing code into libraries to improve system maintainability and architectural stability
• Integrate memory-safe Rust language components where applicable to advance our commitment to robust and secure engineering

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner by taking full accountability for outcomes and navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a dedicated problem-solver who is energized by complex challenges and finding solutions that deliver significant impact.
• You are customer-obsessed, anchoring every technical decision in solving real-world problems for both internal and external stakeholders.
• You are driven by innovation and a deep curiosity for how things work, always seeking more secure and scalable ways to build technology.
• You think at scale, connecting your day-to-day work to the larger mission and building solutions designed to support a high-growth, global organization.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Advanced proficiency in C/C++ with experience building high-performance systems
• Tunneling and/or VPN experience
• Strong foundational knowledge of networking protocols and infrastructure
• Proven ability to design and write secure, scalable code in a professional environment

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Professional experience developing with the Rust programming language
• Direct experience working within the VPN application domain or similar network security technologies

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We are looking for a Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Zero Trust Exchange department. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose (3 days per week in-office), reporting to Sr. Manager, Software Development Engineering.

The Zscaler Client Connector (ZCC) team plans to modularize existing code into individual and separate libraries so that they can be better integrated into cross-platform releases, well unit tested and shared with other teams within the company. We are looking for engineers with C/C++ skillset who can work on this ambitious project.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Modularize existing and new ZCC code into separate libraries
• Write well maintained and unit-testable code
• Use state-of-the-art technologies for better scalability and memory safety

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.
• You are a pragmatic builder. You are obsessed with creating, iterating, and shipping. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and build the first version yourself, balancing the drive for technical excellence with the need to deliver value to users quickly.
• You champion simplicity. You are skilled at distilling complex problems, user needs, and technical concepts into clear, simple, and actionable plans. You are a precise communicator who brings clarity and focus to every interaction.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Extensive professional experience with C/C++ client development
• Strong foundational knowledge of networking protocols and systems
• Proven experience developing for Windows plus one or more additional platform
• Practical experience with VPN technologies and architectures

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Hands-on experience with the Rust programming language
• Deep network-level experience building highly scalable systems

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We are looking for a macOS/iOS Developer based in San Jose, CA (Hybrid), reporting to the Sr. Manager of Software Engineering.. You will be a key driver on the Mobile team, developing cross-platform client applications for MacOS and iOS that securely steer traffic to the world’s largest cloud security platform. Your vision and technical expertise will enable organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy, directly impacting a global footprint of over 65 million users.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Develop high-performance macOS and iOS applications and frameworks that serve as the gateway to our global cloud security platform
• Partner with product managers to translate complex requirements and design mockups into clean, high-quality code
• Take accountability for the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications to ensure a seamless user experience
• Uphold and evolve engineering excellence by maintaining rigorous code quality, standards, and automation practices
• Act as a technical point of escalation to troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues with speed and precision

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
  
  
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
  
  
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
  
  
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
  
  
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 4+ years of professional software development experience specializing in Objective C, SWIFT, or C++
• Technical understanding of the Mac networking stack, networking protocols, and modern architectural design patterns
• Proven experience working with RESTful APIs, offline storage, multi-threading, and performance tuning
• Extensive knowledge of the Mac/iOS ecosystem and the standard libraries used for common engineering tasks
• Demonstrated ability to translate product requirements into high-quality, scalable technical solutions

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Professional familiarity with PKI, network security technologies, cloud message APIs, or Apple Push Notifications
  
  

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Role 

We are looking for a Software Engineer (Reliability) to join our team in San Jose, CA, reporting to the Vice President of Engineering. This is a hybrid role three days a week onsite within the Service Platform Automation department.

You will build and operate the orchestration and reliability automation that manages ZIA’s fleet lifecycle at massive scale. This is a high-ownership role: you will design and implement orchestration workflows and the supporting services needed for safe, deterministic, idempotent fleet operations—while helping the team evolve toward AI-first execution and operations.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Replace legacy Python/Ansible with a centralized, deterministic orchestration platform, refactoring automation into modular, well-defined workflows while retiring external dependencies and nested logic

• Engineer execution patterns with retries, idempotency, rate limits/backpressure, and safe rollbacks/compensation designs aligned to global fleet capacity

• Implement safe rollouts using segmentation, canaries, and automated health checks to limit blast radius during fleet-wide upgrades and remediation

• Add strong observability and auditability (metrics, traces, replayable histories), participate in on-call rotation, and drive software based fixes to reduce toil following post-incident reviews

• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities to accelerate legacy code migration and enhance safe operational outcomes through intelligent triage, correlation, and automated runbook generation

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade software systems

• Strong proficiency in backend/systems languages (Go, Java, C++, or Rust) with the ability to write high-quality, maintainable code

• Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems, including concurrency, failure handling, performance optimization, and data modeling

• Proven track record of building automation using REST APIs and Swagger with strong guarantees for idempotency, verification, and safe rollout patterns

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP, GKE, Cloud SQL etc.) and proficiency in containerization and CI/CD workflows using Docker and GitLab

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with Temporal (or similar platforms) to architect large-scale fleet systems for patching, upgrades, and remediation using deterministic, health-gated workflows and replay-safe designs

• Testing discipline for orchestration and state machines, including E2E harnesses, determinism verification, fault injection, and chaos engineering to ensure system reliability

• Proficiency in PostgreSQL, including SQL development and schema management, to power high-scale, stateful management-plane services and workflows

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Role 

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our ZCC Team. This is a hybrid role based in Mohali/Bangalore Location, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager within the Engineering department. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key player in the entire product development lifecycle, designing and maintaining high-quality server-side software. Your deep knowledge of C programming and low-level system architecture will be crucial for creating efficient, reliable, and scalable solutions that enable organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Designing, developing, coding, testing, and debugging complex software in C language
• Architecting and implementing software for resource-constrained environments including optimized memory and CPU usage
• Developing networking applications on Operating Systems like Linux or FreeBSD to ensure deterministic and reliable performance
• Mentoring junior engineers, conducting code reviews, and championing best practices in software engineering
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive technical documentation for software designs and APIs

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 7+ years of professional experience in software development with a focus on system software
• Expert-level proficiency in C programming; experience in Java is a plus
• Strong hands-on experience with Operating Systems such as Linux or FreeBSD
• Proficiency in using debugging tools including GDB and logic analyzers
• Experience with version control systems, particularly GitLab

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory management, and concurrency
• Knowledge of networking protocols including TCP/IP and UDP

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Role

Identity is the new security perimeter. Come help manage digital risk by applying security through identity integration and controls.

We are looking for a Senior Architect to join our Identity and Access Management team. This is a hybrid role on-site three days a week in San Jose, reporting to the Senior Director, ZIdentity team. You will be responsible for design and development of enterprise-grade Identity Management Products for Zscaler. You will leverage your deep expertise in IAM and public cloud environments to drive hands-on development and provide technical leadership.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Practice technical leadership in design, development, and optimization of Identity platform
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for IAM, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Work closely with engineering teams to enhance support for Common Identity platform
• Drive professional development and growth initiatives for team members

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Minimum 12+ years of hands-on experience in application architecture and development using Java.  Experience developing enterprise-grade Security or Networking products.
• Must have strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols, specifically SAML, OAuth & OpenID connect.
• Strong knowledge of Security Protocols such as PKI, TLS, etc.
• Expert-level technical knowledge: Enterprise Java, OOP, OOA, systems architecture, RESTful APIs, and related frameworks ( e.g.  Hibernate, Spring).  CI/CD (tools and processes).
• Expert in Kubernetes and container infrastructure.

What Will Make You Standout (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with Java reactive programming would be a plus

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Role

We are looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to join our Engineering team in a hybrid capacity based in Hyderabad, reporting to the Director, Site Reliability Engineering. 

You will contribute as a development engineer within our Engineering team, helping to build and enhance the world’s largest cloud security platform. You will bring your vision and passion to a team of experts enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Perform operational duties for FedRAMP cloud products, including deployments, on-call support, and incident management
• Join deployment sync calls and conduct Operations hand-offs to ensure seamless continuity
• Manage cloud infrastructure elements, including AWS GovCloud, private cloud, containers, and VMs
• Operate and enhance monitoring systems while driving automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) efforts
• Write and maintain documentation, resolve escalations, prevent incident recurrence, and promote DevOps best practices

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and never stop developing yourself, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer with expertise in Operations and Engineering
• Experience with FedRAMP compliance (High/Moderate levels), vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring, including scanning, patching, and reporting
• Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform) in cloud environments
• Experience in large-scale distributed systems, containerized architectures (AWS ECS, Kubernetes), and cloud services, with a strong foundation in web security, networking, and coding (Python)

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with containerized architectures such as AWS ECS and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of web security protocols including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, SQL, and networking fundamentals
• Coding experience in Python, for automation and software integration

#LI-SK3 

#LI-HYBRID

Role 

We are looking for an experienced Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role is based in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Engg. Manager - Data + AI.

You will be responsible for designing and developing large scale ML Systems that analyze massive volumes of network data to detect anomalies, threats, and patterns in near real-time. You’ll solve complex real-world business problems by partnering closely with data architects and product teams to deliver impactful automation and intelligence, including the design and orchestration of specialized autonomous agents.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Build and maintain large-scale distributed systems to support the full ML lifecycle, including data collection, feature engineering, and Agentic AI components like agent workflows and real-time serving
• Solve complex business problems such as threat detection by collaborating with data architects and product teams to build multi-agent solutions that automate analysis and decisioning
• Partner with cross-functional teams to assess requirements, manage scheduling, and lead the development and debugging of agent-based systems
• Support the rollout and monitoring plans for production-grade ML systems to ensure performance, observability, and scalability

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience as an AI-ML Engineer with technical proficiency in Java, Springboot, Python, and PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Proven experience writing high-performance queries for large-scale analytics platforms such as Azure Data Explorer (ADX/Kusto) or Google BigQuery, including partitioning-aware patterns
• Deep expertise in designing and deploying anomaly detection using tree-based models, statistical techniques, and streaming ML approaches
• Hands-on experience developing multi-agent orchestration, agent-to-agent communications, and autonomous decision-making workflows
• Strong technical background with distributed infrastructure and public cloud platforms like Azure, GCP, or AWS

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• A track record of shipping end-to-end applications at scale that process billions of events
• Willingness to work across the full spectrum of Big Data and AI-based solutions
• Hands-on experience with SOTA AI frameworks, prompt engineering, and complex agent architectures

#LI-Bangalore #LI-AN4

Role 

We are looking for a seasoned Principal Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a Hybrid Bangalore role, reporting to the Senior Director, Engineering in the Identity Access & Management department. You will help manage digital risk by applying security through identity integration and controls. As a key member of the team, you will build workflows and application integrations in coordination with the larger IAM team, Product Management, and Business teams.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Designing and development of enterprise-grade Identity Management Products for Zscaler
• Participating in the design and implementation of core product functionality and key technical initiatives
• Mentoring junior engineers with best practices
• Collaborating across teams to deliver projects from inception to production
• Collaborating with team members to maintain a positive working culture

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 14+ years of hands-on experience in Java-based application architecture and development, with expertise in creating enterprise-grade Security or Networking products
• Strong expertise in Identity and Access Management protocols, including SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect
• Expert-level proficiency in Enterprise Java, OOP, OOA, systems architecture, RESTful APIs, related frameworks like Hibernate and Spring, and CI/CD tools and processes

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Knowledge regarding Docker/Kubernetes and container infrastructure
• Experience with Java reactive programming

#LI-Hybrid #LI-VV3

• Provide technical leadership for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Browser solutions, owning product success and architectural strategy throughout the sales lifecycle
• Lead in-person and virtual meetings with customer executives and practitioners to provide executive-level overviews of Zscaler’s browser security strategy and deep-dive technical workshops
• Articulate the value of browser-layer security controls, including threat monitoring, attack prevention, in-browser DLP, secure private application access, and Privileged Remote Access (PRA)
• Develop technical collateral, including best practice guides, proof-of-value (POV) test plans, demo assets, and reference architectures to support internal teams and customer presentations
• Conduct and support POVs, technical evaluations, and initial deployments, helping customers validate architecture, policy design, and operational fit for Zero Trust Browser use cases
• Troubleshoot and debug customer issues across evaluations and deployments, partnering closely with Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams to drive timely resolution
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing to drive product enhancements based on direct customer feedback, competitive insights, and market trends
• Act as a post-sales subject matter expert for Customer Success and Deployment teams to help ensure successful technical implementation, adoption, and ongoing customer success

• You thrive in ambiguity. You are comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running toward challenges because you are laser-focused on finding solutions, knowing that solving hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback, knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are committed to your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

• 7+ years of professional experience in product management, presales, product specialization, or professional services within the infrastructure technology or cybersecurity industry
• Deep technical domain expertise in browser security, Zero Trust architecture, private application access, privileged access use cases, and modern web security controls
• Strong understanding of Internet and security protocols, including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, and secure access patterns for web and private applications
• Proven track record of developing technical collateral and supporting go-to-market initiatives that drive successful sales outcomes
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical practitioners and executive leadership
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Product Management, and customer-facing teams

• Deep Zscaler hands-on experience and product knowledge across Zero Trust Browser, ZIA, ZPA, Zscaler Client Connector, and Privileged Remote Access capabilities
• Experience with browser extensions, browser-layer telemetry, in-browser DLP, and controls that secure user activity across SaaS, web, and private applications
• Strong understanding of secure private application access and privileged resource access use cases in enterprise environments
• Extensive experience in networking concepts and modern identity and access management (IAM) frameworks

#LI-Remote 

#LI-MP1

Role

We are looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Cyber Security and Data Protection Engineering department. based out of our Bangalore office three days a week,In this role, reporting to the Sr Manager of Engineering, Cyber Security and Data Protection. You will build quality into products that secure mobile devices, applications, and data for millions of users who rely on our service for comprehensive protection and data security. Our team develops innovative solutions across web filtering, policy enforcement, next-gen firewalls, and CASB, utilizing real-time analytics to provide unmatched visibility through a state-of-the-art NOC.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Validate complex features by designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive automated test cases

• Develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks and internal tools to streamline the entire software testing lifecycle

• Lead scalability, stress, and performance testing initiatives to identify bottlenecks and propose architectural solutions

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and interact with customers to simulate real-world scenarios for product validation

• Evaluate and implement cloud security measures while identifying continuous improvement areas across the development process

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with strong object-oriented design and coding skills

• Proficiency in Python, Java, or C programming and a strong grasp of operating systems, TCP/IP, and Linux

• Experience debugging HTTP/HTTPS requests using tools like Fiddler or Wireshark and working with network security protocols

• Practical experience validating RESTful APIs and performing performance testing within AWS or Azure environments

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience validating Data Leak Prevention (DLP), Advanced Threat Protection, or Malware Detection technologies

• Hands-on experience with CASB cloud applications and performance benchmarking of Windows or MacOS end machine applications

• Expertise in mobile test automation for iOS and Android platforms

#LI-Hybrid #LI-PM5

• Provide technical leadership for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Browser solutions, owning product success and architectural strategy throughout the sales lifecycle
• Lead in-person and virtual meetings with customer executives and practitioners to provide executive-level overviews of Zscaler’s browser security strategy and deep-dive technical workshops
• Articulate the value of browser-layer security controls, including threat monitoring, attack prevention, in-browser DLP, secure private application access, and Privileged Remote Access (PRA)
• Develop technical collateral, including best practice guides, proof-of-value (POV) test plans, demo assets, and reference architectures to support internal teams and customer presentations
• Conduct and support POVs, technical evaluations, and initial deployments, helping customers validate architecture, policy design, and operational fit for Zero Trust Browser use cases
• Troubleshoot and debug customer issues across evaluations and deployments, partnering closely with Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams to drive timely resolution
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing to drive product enhancements based on direct customer feedback, competitive insights, and market trends
• Act as a post-sales subject matter expert for Customer Success and Deployment teams to help ensure successful technical implementation, adoption, and ongoing customer success

• You thrive in ambiguity. You are comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running toward challenges because you are laser-focused on finding solutions, knowing that solving hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback, knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are committed to your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

• 7+ years of professional experience in product management, presales, product specialization, or professional services within the infrastructure technology or cybersecurity industry
• Deep technical domain expertise in browser security, Zero Trust architecture, private application access, privileged access use cases, and modern web security controls
• Strong understanding of Internet and security protocols, including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, and secure access patterns for web and private applications
• Proven track record of developing technical collateral and supporting go-to-market initiatives that drive successful sales outcomes
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical practitioners and executive leadership
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Product Management, and customer-facing teams

• Deep Zscaler hands-on experience and product knowledge across Zero Trust Browser, ZIA, ZPA, Zscaler Client Connector, and Privileged Remote Access capabilities
• Experience with browser extensions, browser-layer telemetry, in-browser DLP, and controls that secure user activity across SaaS, web, and private applications
• Strong understanding of secure private application access and privileged resource access use cases in enterprise environments
• Extensive experience in networking concepts and modern identity and access management (IAM) frameworks

#LI-Remote 

#LI-JG1

Role

We are looking for a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join our Zscaler Digital Experience (Core Intelligence and Data) team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA 3 days a week, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering. You will join the team responsible for building the world’s largest cloud security platform, helping us enhance services and increase our global footprint. You will play a pivotal role in enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy, leveraging our multitenant architecture that serves over 15 million users.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Own agentic trouble shooting framework, framing high-impact use cases, designing workflows and playbooks, and building processes for all products
• Evaluate and integrate state-of-the-art GenAI advances to deliver reliable and cost-efficient production features, utilizing LLMs, various machine learning models, data processing, fine-tuning, and inference optimization
• Work with the world class cloud platform and data lakes for feature exploration and generation
• Handle volume data with the real time pipeline for data processing and aggregation
• Design, implement, and operate scalable production systems, specifically focusing on microservices, data pipelines, orchestration, and caching

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• BS in Computer Science with 8+ years of experience, or MS/PhD with 5+ years of experience solving real-world problems using AI/ML and distributed systems
• Proficiency in programming, data structures, algorithms, and machine learning, with exceptional problem-solving skills driven by first-principles thinking
• Hand-on experience with AI modeling, including feature generation, prompt engineering, evaluations and productionization
• Experience in the full lifecycle of ML models, including building, deployment, monitoring, and optimization
• Expertise in designing and operating distributed microservices using tools like Kubernetes and Docker, and writing production-grade code in Python, Go, or Java

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience fine-tuning and deploying proprietary SLMs/LLMs at scale, with a focus on optimizing latency, cost, safety, and evaluations
• Experience delivering production-ready AI systems, including expertise in abnormally detection, event correlation and incident investigation
• Proven ability to design and implement high-performance, resilient systems with well-defined service-level objectives

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-BH1

Role 

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (C and Go) to join our Engineering team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore (3 days a week in office), reporting to the Senior Director of Software Development 

You will work on the control plane for the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and ZDX products, which has redefined how security services are delivered in the cloud.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Practice technical leadership in design, development, and optimization of control path features in Cloud Infrastructure
• Define and execute the technical roadmap ensuring alignment with business goals
• Develop and own components of a large-scale distributed system with a focus on scalability
• Use AI-powered tools for advanced problem solving and engineering efficiency
• Mentor other engineers

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, programming in Go or Java
• Deep expertise in networking protocols (DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS) and designing high-throughput, low-latency, horizontally scalable systems
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud with a deep understanding of Kubernetes (AWS EKS) and container infrastructure
• Operational excellence with familiarity in monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana for debugging complex, large-scale systems
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes (AWS EKS) and container infrastructure

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and hands-on experience with design patterns for building scalable, reliable control planes including state management and RBAC
• Experience with gRPC, Protobuf, or similar serialization and RPC frameworks
• Strong fundamentals in high-performance computing, distributed systems, event-based programming, and memory optimization

#LI-Hybrid #LI-AN4

Role

We are looking for a Director, Software Engineering to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Bangalore, India (minimum 3 days a week  in office), reporting to the VP, Engineering for the Zero Trust Branch (Zero Trust Exchange) department.

In this role, the Director of Software Engineering will lead the gateway/datapath engineering organization, owning the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of high‑performance, highly reliable traffic processing systems. This role drives the technical strategy and execution for critical dataplane capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable performance that directly impacts customer experience and platform stability.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Set technical direction and architecture for the gateway/datapath, driving scalable, high-performance designs while balancing across considerations such as latency, throughput, resiliency, and cost
• Lead and grow the engineering organization, hiring and developing a strong high performing team, and building a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement
• Drive delivery of critical dataplane capabilities, translating business priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes, and consistently shipping high-quality releases
• Own operational excellence for production systems, improving reliability, observability, incident response, and SLO/SLI discipline to meet availability and performance targets
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, QA, Security, SRE, and peer engineering teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure end-to-end customer impact

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems. You champion their needs from start to finish, knowing their success is our success.
• You are a positive force. You approach hard problems with constructive energy and a 'can-do' spirit that is contagious, inspiring your team to stay focused on the solution.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 7+ years leading engineering teams delivering complex, production-grade systems
• Proven experience building and operating high-performance gateway/datapath or networking systems (e.g., L4–L7 proxies, firewalls, VPN/tunneling, packet processing, routing/switching, traffic steering) with strong fundamentals in performance and reliability
• Demonstrated ability to set technical strategy and drive execution across multiple workstreams, with a track record of shipping impactful capabilities on predictable timelines
• Strong production ownership experience: operating mission-critical services, driving SLOs/SLIs, incident management, root-cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, able to align engineering, product, and operations stakeholders around priorities and tradeoffs

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong experience designing, building, and operating SD-WAN datapaths and control/data plane interactions (overlay networking, tunnel encapsulation, traffic steering, QoS, path selection, failover, and telemetry)
• Experience delivering gateway/datapath capabilities in cloud-native, multi-tenant environments, including robust observability and automated safe rollout strategies
• Strong experience with routing and switching fundamentals and implementations (e.g., BGP/OSPF, ECMP, VRFs, VLANs) in high-scale production environments

#LI-Hybrid #LI-AN4

Role

We’re looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team. This role is based in Bangalore, India, reporting to the Sr. Manager of Software Engineering within the Risk360 department You will join the team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up to help organizations worldwide harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy. In this role, you will be a key contributor to our multitenant architecture, enabling the delivery of innovative services to over 15 million users across 185 countries.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Develop product features related to data transformations, enrichment, analytics, and user-facing dashboards
• Design and implement intuitive, performant web applications using ReactJS for data visualization and user interaction
• Build and maintain data processing pipelines to handle data ingestion, transformation, and analysis for risk quantification
• Establish monitoring mechanisms to track data platform performance and health while defining maintenance procedures
• Collaborate closely with UX/UI designers and backend engineers to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 3+ years of experience in software development for enterprise solutions, including web-based applications
• 1+ years of experience in ReactJS or similar modern JavaScript frameworks, including component-based architecture and state management
• Solid experience in Core Java, Concurrency, Distributed Computing, and proficiency in SQL
• Exposure to Test Driven Development (TDD) using frameworks such as JUnit, REST Assured, TestNG, or Jest
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/ES6+, and building responsive interfaces

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience developing scalable web applications handling large datasets efficiently and working knowledge of GraphQL
• Expertise in state management frameworks like Redux and performance optimization including tuning JVM
• Understanding of security compliance frameworks, statistics, and machine learning

#LI-Hybrid #LI-AN4

• Provide technical leadership for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Browser solutions, owning product success and architectural strategy throughout the sales lifecycle
• Lead in-person and virtual meetings with customer executives and practitioners to provide executive-level overviews of Zscaler’s browser security strategy and deep-dive technical workshops
• Articulate the value of browser-layer security controls, including threat monitoring, attack prevention, in-browser DLP, secure private application access, and Privileged Remote Access (PRA)
• Develop technical collateral, including best practice guides, proof-of-value (POV) test plans, demo assets, and reference architectures to support internal teams and customer presentations
• Conduct and support POVs, technical evaluations, and initial deployments, helping customers validate architecture, policy design, and operational fit for Zero Trust Browser use cases
• Troubleshoot and debug customer issues across evaluations and deployments, partnering closely with Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams to drive timely resolution
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing to drive product enhancements based on direct customer feedback, competitive insights, and market trends
• Act as a post-sales subject matter expert for Customer Success and Deployment teams to help ensure successful technical implementation, adoption, and ongoing customer success

• You thrive in ambiguity. You are comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running toward challenges because you are laser-focused on finding solutions, knowing that solving hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback, knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are committed to your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

• 7+ years of professional experience in product management, presales, product specialization, or professional services within the infrastructure technology or cybersecurity industry
• Deep technical domain expertise in browser security, Zero Trust architecture, private application access, privileged access use cases, and modern web security controls
• Strong understanding of Internet and security protocols, including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, and secure access patterns for web and private applications
• Proven track record of developing technical collateral and supporting go-to-market initiatives that drive successful sales outcomes
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical practitioners and executive leadership
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Product Management, and customer-facing teams

• Deep Zscaler hands-on experience and product knowledge across Zero Trust Browser, ZIA, ZPA, Zscaler Client Connector, and Privileged Remote Access capabilities
• Experience with browser extensions, browser-layer telemetry, in-browser DLP, and controls that secure user activity across SaaS, web, and private applications
• Strong understanding of secure private application access and privileged resource access use cases in enterprise environments
• Extensive experience in networking concepts and modern identity and access management (IAM) frameworks

#LI-Remote 

#LI-JG1

Role 

We are looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to join our Central Authority department. This is a Hybrid, Bangalore role, reporting to the Sr. Director, Application Engineering - Central Authority. You will work on the control plane for the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) product, which has redefined how security services are delivered in the cloud. You bring a deep understanding of security protocols and services to help us build the next generation of cloud security.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Practice technical leadership in the design, development, and optimization of control path features in Cloud Infrastructure
• Define and execute the technical roadmap ensuring alignment with business goals
• Develop and own components of a large-scale distributed system with a focus on scalability
• Use AI-powered tools for advanced problem solving and engineering efficiency
• Mentor other engineers to foster technical growth and excellence

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science with 13+ years of experience
• Hands-on experience in modern programming languages such as GoLang, Java, or Python
• Strong Distributed systems knowledge
• Hands-on experience with Docker, K8, and Public clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc
• Hands-on experience with any RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred), including working knowledge of polyglot persistence on Hyperscalers

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Knowledge of networking protocols including DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, and SSL/TLS
• Knowledge of authentication protocols like LDAP, SAML, and OAuth

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Role 

We are looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager, API Platform to join our team. This is a hybrid role going into the San Jose, CA office 3 days a week. You’ll be reporting to the VPE for the API Platform team. You will play a pivotal role in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms and developer tooling to empower our engineering teams. Your focus will be on enhancing our platform’s efficiency, scalability, and developer experience while managing senior technical talent.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Lead the vision and roadmap for the API Platform and developer tooling, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, technical scalability, and industry best practices
• Oversee the standardization, design, and governance of APIs, improving developer experiences and productivity across engineering teams and products
• Manage and coach a team of Senior Staff Engineers and highly skilled technical contributors, fostering a culture of collaboration and professional growth
• Ensure the delivery of microservices, SDKs, and developer tooling optimized for reliability, availability, and ease of integration across Java, Go, and JavaScript
• Work closely with Product Management and Security to build scalable and secure solutions that meet unique business objectives

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 8+ years of experience as an engineering leader, including 3+ years managing technical teams for developer tooling, API platforms, or cloud-based systems across multi-language ecosystems including Java, Go, and JavaScript
• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, including hands-on proficiency in designing APIs and SDKs for containerized environments like Kubernetes and Docker
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as caching, queues, and pub/sub architectures with cloud service experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Advanced understanding of API-first design principles and standards including OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, and Authn/z
• U.S. citizenship due to the nature of the customers assigned to this role

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Proven experience in the Cloud Security and Networking domain.  
• Experience driving engineering practices for workflow automation and developer productivity using open-source or proprietary tools
• Proactive advocate of modern engineering practices such as DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code across large engineering organizations

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Role

We are looking for an experienced Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role is based in Hyderabad, reporting to the Senior Director, Engineering. You will be responsible for building and maintaining large-scale distributed systems that power our entire ML pipeline, from data collection to real-time serving. You’ll solve complex real-world business problems by partnering closely with data scientists and product teams to deliver impactful automation and intelligence. You will also help design and build Agentic AI systems—developing and orchestrating specialized agents to automate and scale ZPA segmentation workflows, from signal ingestion and reasoning to policy recommendations and enforcement validation.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Build and maintain large-scale distributed systems to support the whole pipeline including data collection, feature engineering, model training, model evaluation, model deployment, and real-time serving—including Agentic AI components (agent workflows, orchestration, tool integrations, and real-time agent serving).
• Develop functional specifications, assess task requirements and scheduling, and participate in the development, debug, and support—including designing agent behaviors, evaluation strategies (quality/safety/latency), and rollout/monitoring plans for agent-based systems.
• Solve complex real-world business problems like threat detection and business intelligence by working closely with stakeholders including data scientists, product management, and product engineering teams—including building multi-agent solutions that automate analysis and decisioning (e.g., recommendation, triage, and segmentation/policy workflows).

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 4+ years of experience as a AI-ML Engineer
• Experience with applying machine learning for improving key business metrics, optimized models for accuracy, latency
• Experience with researching newer techniques, and innovating for building ML based solutions
• Experience with algorithms in building out data collection/processing infrastructure, Machine Learning model training, and serving platforms
• Expertise in leveraging and augmenting LLM models for software development

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Proven track record of designing, building and shipping end-end applications at scale
• Experience identifying and solving problems in data using machine learning systems
• Familiarity with multi-agent systems, agent architectures, prompt engineering and SOTA AI frameworks

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Role 

We are looking for a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Unified API platform team, based in Bangalore on a hybrid schedule and reporting to the Senior Manager Software Development Engineering. You will join an engineering powerhouse that built the world's largest cloud security platform from the ground up, supporting over 15 million users across 185 countries. This role invites you to bring your vision for cloud architecture and scalable services to a team dedicated to helping organizations harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Delivering a unified API and developer platform for Zscaler products, focusing on standardization, governance, and a seamless developer experience
• Creating and refining API development and integration processes, tools, and methodologies across Zscaler's product portfolio
• Leading the creation of a scalable distributed API platform, ensuring it is highly available, observable, and operable

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable building the path as you walk it, seeing uncertainty not as a hindrance but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner with a passion for the mission that fuels your bias for action, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver who seeks out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions that deliver the biggest impact.
• You are a learner with a true growth mindset, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate.
• You are driven by innovation and have a deep curiosity for how things work, energized by solving complex technical challenges to accelerate transformation.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Extensive experience in the architecture, design, and development of API frameworks and technologies, with 8+ years of experience
• Proven experience in creating SDKs and designing APIs
• Deep knowledge of API design standards, best practices, and API-first design principles
• Strong background in message brokers, caches, queues, and pub/sub concepts
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Java, C++, Rust, or JavaScript

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product managers on external-facing products and roadmap development
• Experience working dynamically with cross-functional teams to drive product innovation

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Role

We are looking for a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering.

You will join the Central Authority team working on the control plane for the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) product, which has redefined how security services are delivered in the cloud. You will bring your expertise in security protocols and services to a team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Design, develop, and optimize critical control path features within our global Cloud Infrastructure
• Own and scale components of a large-scale distributed system with a focus on high performance and reliability
• Leverage AI-powered tools to drive advanced problem solving and enhance engineering efficiency
• Mentor junior engineers to build technical excellence and maintain high standards across the engineering organization

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science with 8+ years of experience
• Hands-on experience in modern programming languages such as GoLang, Java, or Python
• Strong Distributed systems knowledge
• Hands-on experience with Docker, K8, and Public clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc
• Hands-on experience with any RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred), including working knowledge of polyglot persistence on Hyperscalers

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Knowledge of networking protocols including DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, and SSL/TLS
• Knowledge of authentication protocols like LDAP, SAML, and OAuth

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Role

We are looking for a Director, Software Engineering to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our San Jose HQ (minimum 3 days a week on Tue, Wed, Thu), reporting to the VP, Engineering for the Zero Trust Branch (Zero Trust Exchange) department.

In this role, the Director of Software Engineering will lead the gateway/datapath engineering organization, owning the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of high‑performance, highly reliable traffic processing systems. This role drives the technical strategy and execution for critical dataplane capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and observable performance that directly impacts customer experience and platform stability.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Set technical direction and architecture for the gateway/datapath, driving scalable, high-performance designs while balancing across considerations such as latency, throughput, resiliency, and cost
• Lead and grow the engineering organization, hiring and developing a strong high performing team, and building a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement
• Drive delivery of critical dataplane capabilities, translating business priorities into clear roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes, and consistently shipping high-quality releases
• Own operational excellence for production systems, improving reliability, observability, incident response, and SLO/SLI discipline to meet availability and performance targets
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, QA, Security, SRE, and peer engineering teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure end-to-end customer impact

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems. You champion their needs from start to finish, knowing their success is our success.
• You are a positive force. You approach hard problems with constructive energy and a 'can-do' spirit that is contagious, inspiring your team to stay focused on the solution.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including 7+ years leading engineering teams delivering complex, production-grade systems
• Proven experience building and operating high-performance gateway/datapath or networking systems (e.g., L4–L7 proxies, firewalls, VPN/tunneling, packet processing, routing/switching, traffic steering) with strong fundamentals in performance and reliability
• Demonstrated ability to set technical strategy and drive execution across multiple workstreams, with a track record of shipping impactful capabilities on predictable timelines
• Strong production ownership experience: operating mission-critical services, driving SLOs/SLIs, incident management, root-cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, able to align engineering, product, and operations stakeholders around priorities and tradeoffs

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong experience designing, building, and operating SD-WAN datapaths and control/data plane interactions (overlay networking, tunnel encapsulation, traffic steering, QoS, path selection, failover, and telemetry)
• Experience delivering gateway/datapath capabilities in cloud-native, multi-tenant environments, including robust observability and automated safe rollout strategies
• Strong experience with routing and switching fundamentals and implementations (e.g., BGP/OSPF, ECMP, VRFs, VLANs) in high-scale production environments

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Role

We are looking for a Principal Product Specialist to join our Product Management team. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Director, Product Management within the Engineering department.

You will provide technical leadership for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Browser solutions, owning product success throughout the sales lifecycle. You will serve as a thought leader for browser-layer security architecture and strategy while partnering with sales and engineering to drive technical wins and product enhancements for our Zero Trust Browser offerings.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Provide technical leadership for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Browser solutions, owning product success and architectural strategy throughout the sales lifecycle
• Lead in-person and virtual meetings with customer executives and practitioners to provide executive-level overviews of Zscaler’s browser security strategy and deep-dive technical workshops
• Articulate the value of browser-layer security controls, including threat monitoring, attack prevention, in-browser DLP, secure private application access, and Privileged Remote Access (PRA)
• Develop technical collateral, including best practice guides, proof-of-value (POV) test plans, demo assets, and reference architectures to support internal teams and customer presentations
• Conduct and support POVs, technical evaluations, and initial deployments, helping customers validate architecture, policy design, and operational fit for Zero Trust Browser use cases

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You are comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
• You are a problem-solver. You love running toward challenges because you are laser-focused on finding solutions, knowing that solving hard problems delivers the biggest impact
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback, knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are committed to your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+years of professional experience in product management, presales, product specialization, or professional services within the infrastructure technology or cybersecurity industry
• Deep technical domain expertise in browser security, Zero Trust architecture, private application access, privileged access use cases, and modern web security controls
• Strong understanding of Internet and security protocols, including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, and secure access patterns for web and private applications
• Proven track record of developing technical collateral and supporting go-to-market initiatives that drive successful sales outcomes
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Product Management, and customer-facing teams

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Deep Zscaler hands-on experience and product knowledge across Zero Trust Browser, ZIA, ZPA, Zscaler Client Connector, and Privileged Remote Access capabilities
• Experience with browser extensions, browser-layer telemetry, in-browser DLP, and controls that secure user activity across SaaS, web, and private applications
• Strong understanding of secure private application access and privileged resource access use cases in enterprise environments and extensive experience in networking concepts and modern identity and access management (IAM) frameworks

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Role 

We are looking for a Senior Database Developer (PostgreSQL/MySQL/AWS Aurora, SQLite) to join our team in a Hybrid (Bangalore, Hyderabad or Mohali) capacity, reporting to the Senior Director, Software Engineering. You will design, build, and optimize high-performance database systems at planet scale, owning data modeling, complex SQL development, and cloud-native automation. This role is critical for supporting sharded, high-throughput workloads and ensuring the reliability of our global data infrastructure.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Design and evolve high-scale data models, partitioning strategies, and sharding patterns to support massive transactional and analytical workloads
• Optimize query performance and database internals across Postgres and MySQL fleets using advanced profiling tools and configuration tuning
• Lead the operation and scaling of AWS Aurora environments, including Serverless v2, Global Databases, and read replica management
• Architect and execute zero-downtime schema migrations and robust disaster recovery strategies to ensure world-class system reliability
• Standardize database observability and automation by building CI/CD pipelines for schema changes and managing infrastructure as code

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 6+ years of professional experience with relational databases, including 3+ years operating cloud databases such as AWS Aurora or RDS in production
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL, PL/pgSQL, and MySQL stored routines with a track record of optimizing systems handling thousands of TPS/QPS
• Deep technical knowledge of database internals including MVCC, WAL, vacuuming, and InnoDB locking mechanisms
• Hands-on experience with data modeling, partitioning, and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Advanced skills in performance diagnostics using tools like EXPLAIN ANALYZE, pg_stat_statements, and Performance Insights

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with streaming platforms like Kafka and managing database operations within Kubernetes environments
• Proven ability to drive cost and performance optimization for cloud databases through IOPS and storage class tuning
• Knowledge of connection management tools like PgBouncer and integration with search engines like Elasticsearch

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Role 

We are looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Engineering department. This is a hybrid role based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Director, Software Engineering.

As a DevOps Engineer you will be responsible for managing development and infrastructure demands. Additional responsibilities for this role include deploying systems and supporting peer developers.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Provisioning Zscaler services on public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) using Kubernetes, helm and terraform
• Ensuring security compliance of service deployment
• Working with the team to control costs and optimize cloud utilization
• Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Advocating and guiding Software Engineers in adopting DevOps philosophy

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and never stop developing yourself, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience with an Engineering or Computer Science degree, specializing in hosting 24x7 services on public cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure
• Automation and orchestration experience using relevant technologies (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, etc.)
• Skilled in managing Kubernetes clusters and proficient with CI/CD tools like Bamboo and Jenkins
• Proficient in Databases and SQL (preferably Postgres) with experience in cloud architecture components like message queuing, in-memory caches, and load balancing
• Familiarity with logging and monitoring technologies such as prometheus, Grafana end ELK Stack

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP, TLS, PKI and other related protocols and products (DNS, DHCP, VPN, HA, routing and switching)
• Understanding of security technologies like firewall, IPS, Authentication,VPN

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Role

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer-SkillBridge Intern (San JosA Ca or Bellevue WA) to join our Zero Trust Exchange team. This is a remote role based in San Jose Ca or Bellevue Wa., reporting to the Director, Site Reliability Engineering. Our Engineering team built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up, and we keep building. With more than 100 patents and big plans for enhancing services and increasing our global footprint, the team has made us and our multitenant architecture today’s cloud security leader, with more than 15 million users in 185 countries. Bring your vision and passion to our team of cloud architects, software engineers, and security experts who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Thrive in ambiguity by building the path as you walk it and viewing dynamic environments as raw material to build something meaningful.
• Act like an owner with a passion for the mission, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• Problem-solve by running towards challenges and focusing on solutions that deliver the biggest impact.
• Collaborate with high trust and ambition for the team, giving and receiving candid feedback with clarity and respect.
• Learn with a true growth mindset, actively seeking feedback to become a stronger teammate and better partner.

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.
• You are a pragmatic builder. You are obsessed with creating, iterating, and shipping. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and build the first version yourself, balancing the drive for technical excellence with the need to deliver value to users quickly.
• You champion simplicity. You are skilled at distilling complex problems, user needs, and technical concepts into clear, simple, and actionable plans. You are a precise communicator who brings clarity and focus to every interaction.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer with expertise in Operations, Engineering and FedRAMP compliance, vulnerability management, and continuous monitoring.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform) in cloud environments and containerized architectures.
• Must be a current Active Duty United States military member or a member of the United States Guard/Reserve component on active duty orders for at least the last 180 days with 180 days or fewer remaining prior to discharge.
• Obtained approval from your unit commander.
• MOU must be approved and submitted before start.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with containerized architectures such as AWS ECS and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of web security protocols including HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, SQL, and networking fundamentals.
• Coding experience in Python for automation and software integration.

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