About this role
About Zscaler
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 Sr Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role, reporting to the Senior Director of Software Engineering in the Engineering department. You will join the Engineering team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
• Understand how to build and operate high scale systems
• Provide service and product wide architectural guidance, and drive impactful technical decisions
• Establish and enforce best practices for coding, testing, observability, and CI/CD pipelines to maintain high-quality, production-ready services
• Drive cross-team collaboration and lead initiatives in performance optimization, reliability improvements, and adoption of new technologies/tools to accelerate feature velocity
Who You Are (Success Profile)
• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it, viewing dynamic changes as opportunities to create meaningful impact.
• You act like an owner. Your commitment to the mission drives a bias for action, letting you execute strategy while staying highly accountable for outcomes.
• You are a problem-solver. You actively run toward hard challenges, maintaining a laser focus on delivering solutions that yield maximum results.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You focus on team success over individual ambition, welcoming candid feedback delivered with clarity and respect.
• You are a learner. You possess a relentless growth mindset, continuou