Staff Software Development Engineer

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.

We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.

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 focus on execution to deliver high-impact results quickly.
• You are driven by innovation. You possess a deep curiosity for how things work, thrive when solving complex technical challenges, and constantly seek better, more secure, and scalable ways to accelerate transformation.

The rest of this description is on the employer’s own page.