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Staff Software Development Engineer in USA

Zscaler
Full time
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USA
08/18/2026
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San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

Define technical direction and architecture for major product areas.
Lead high-impact initiatives spanning multiple teams and system boundaries.
Translate ambiguous product and security challenges into executable engineering strategies.
Establish standards for secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.
Identify systemic risks, architectural gaps, and long-term growth investments.
Contribute hands-on through coding, prototyping, design reviews, and complex debugging.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership across complex production systems.
Strong proficiency in Go, Rust, and Python, with deep expertise in systems engineering, security engineering, and backend platforms.
Experience architecting and evolving platforms spanning multiple teams or product areas.
Ability to remain hands-on with coding, prototyping, design review, and complex debugging.
Deep understanding of concurrency, networking, storage, APIs, data systems, and cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Active exploration and integration of AI tools to improve workflows and problem-solving.
Preferred experience building enterprise security, endpoint, cloud, or infrastructure products.
Preferred familiarity with AI/ML systems, analytics platforms, AI applications, or AI security.
Preferred experience helping a startup or high-growth product evolve into a scalable engineering organization.

Benefits

Hybrid role based in San Jose, CA
Various health plans
Vacation and sick time off plans
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks

Salary: $152k - $190k/yr

Zscaler

Zscaler is a leader in zero trust security, providing a cloud-native platform that enables organizations to secure users, applications, and data while driving digital transformation. Our Zero Trust Exchange platform leverages advanced AI and the largest security data lake to combat cyber threats,...

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