Software Development Engineer (Golang)

Zscaler

5d•$98,000 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role We are looking for a Software Development Engineer to join our Sec-Ops Detection Engine team. This is a remote position within the US, reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering. We are expanding our engineering capacity to accelerate the development of a significant new product offering, and we need a capable builder to deliver high-quality results on schedule. Your journey will begin by mastering our design standards and building robust testing code—spanning unit and integration layers—with a clear path toward becoming a Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for key aspects of our detection engine.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
1+ year of professional experience developing with Golang in a production environment
1+ year of AWS experience with a proven track record of shipping production-grade applications
Foundational familiarity with data warehousing concepts and file formats such as Parquet or Iceberg

Nice To Haves

Significant open-source contributions to one or more Golang projects
Hands-on experience with Terraform, preferably demonstrated through open-source examples
Active participation in advanced coding challenges such as Project Euler

Responsibilities

Prioritize continuous learning of our design architecture, industry standards, and testing methods as your primary responsibility
Drive software development utilizing Golang to build and scale critical components of our new product offering
Produce high-quality technical documentation including architectural proposals, system diagrams, and user guides
Engineer comprehensive test suites to ensure the reliability and performance of our evolving detection engine