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 Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a Hybrid (3 days / week) role, reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering in the AI Security department.
The engineer will own features end-to-end across the full stack, from React UI to Spring Boot microservices to cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
• Build full-stack features across React UI, Spring Boot microservices, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes
• Design REST APIs and event-driven Kafka services within a microservices architecture
• Own features end-to-end, including logging, observability, and cross-functional collaboration with UX and PM
Who You Are (Success Profile)
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action, operating with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome while navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself, embracing our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback with candor, clarity, and respect.
• You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for both internal and external customers, anchoring your decisions in solving real-world problems and championing their needs from start to finish.
• You operate with urgency. You understand that speed and quality are not mutually exclusive in a high-growth environment, bringing a relentless