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Company Overview

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 45% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the worlds largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI?powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, which is found in our SASE and SSE offerings, protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast?paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler.

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 65 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.

Position Overview

Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our platform convergence team. This is a hybrid role, reporting in the San Jose, CA office 3 days a week. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering, youll be responsible for:

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing scalable, high?performance backend services and APIs using Go, integrating with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis
• Writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure code quality while monitoring, debugging, and optimizing system performance
• Mentoring junior engineers, fostering their growth and success, and actively participating in code reviews to uphold best practices
• Collaborating with external teams to deliver integrated solutions and ensure seamless system functionality
• Contributing to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives, to drive project success

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience, with proficiency coding in Go (Golang), including strong expertise in concurrency, parallelism, GRPC, Protobuf, net/ and TLS
• Skilled in building large?scale distributed systems, RESTful API design, and working with web frameworks like Gin and Echo
• Hands?on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and version control tools like Git
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, along with CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Exceptional problem?solving skills and attention to detail for designing robust solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with systems languages like Rust or C/C++, particularly in performance?critical environments

Benefits

• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• In?office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscalers Future of Work strategy, hybrid working model, and benefits here.

Pay Transparency

Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules.

Base Pay Range

$182,000 $260,000 USD

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Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link.

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