Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• Build cloud-agnostic shared services to decouple product deployments from public cloud provider dependencies
• Engineer high-scale distributed systems and microservices that serve as shared infrastructure for global engineering teams
• Produce high-quality technical artifacts, including detailed architectural diagrams, system designs, and developer documentation
• Implement robust data and messaging solutions leveraging hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, and Druid
• Drive operational excellence by collaborating with architects on service design and participating in full-lifecycle on-call rotations

Requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in a Staff or Lead role on large-scale distributed systems
• Proficiency in Java and Go for building production-grade microservices in a Linux environment
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and the operational management of containerized services
• Deep expertise in datastores and messaging, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, and Redis
• Strong technical documentation skills, with a focus on architecture, system design, and diagrams

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks, and more!