Staff Software Development Engineer (Datapath)

Zscaler•San Jose, CA

8d•Hybrid

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’re looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer (Datapath) to join our Engineering team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA, reporting to the Senior Manager Software Development Engineering. We are looking for a software engineer to help add more features and functionality of our core systems. You will play a critical role in expanding the capabilities of our datapath technology to drive the next level of product impact.

Requirements

Extensive experience developing large-scale cloud networking and security applications, with expertise in software design and programming in C/C++, Go, or Python
Deep knowledge of networking protocols and services such as DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, and SSL/TLS, ideally with an understanding of firewall policy enforcement
Proven experience working with AWS/Azure/GCP networking components, including transit gateway, IGW, NATGW, NACL, security groups, GWLB, ILB, and Route53
Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP database services, PubSub mechanisms, and SDKs

Nice To Haves

Familiarity or direct experience with developing security Firewall features
Prior experience building solutions for Software as a Service platforms and leveraging cloud-native infrastructure services
Experience building for cloud scale and performance, including the use of auto-scaling groups for dynamic workload traffic profiles

Responsibilities

Define software design specifications and implement bug-free code using test-driven methodology
Identify opportunities to refactor existing code for maintainability and reusability while owning the resolution of complex customer issues
Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams including security, UI, platform, analytics, and quality assurance
Partner with Product Management to drive detailed product requirements
Lead a group of junior engineers by providing technical guidance, mentoring, and assisting in development details