Description :

About Zscaler :

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. Our cloud native Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of 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 believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debatewere 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 youre enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If youre driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges and want to make a positive difference on a global scale, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Our Engineering team built the worlds 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, security experts, and more who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

We are hiring a Sr Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Central Authority team. 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 an understanding of security protocols and services. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Application Engineering - Central Authority, you will :

- Contributing to the design, development, and optimization of control path features in Cloud Infrastructure

- Developing and owning components of a large-scale distributed system with a sense for scalability

- Using AI-powered tools for advanced problem solving and engineering efficiency

- Mentoring other junior engineers

What Were Looking for (Minimum Qualifications) :

- 8+ years of experience in C programming along with proven experience in Go or Rust; Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Engineering/Computer Science

- Strong knowledge of networking protocols and services - DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS.

- Strong knowledge of authentication protocols like LDAP, SAML, OAuth

- Strong knowledge of FreeBSD or Linux systems internals

- Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL

- Strong fundamentals : high-performance computing, distributed systems, event-based programming, memory optimization, fault tolerance

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications) :

- Experience in cloud computing with AWS, GCP, or other cloud providers, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes

- Experience with YugabyteDB and/or CockroachDB