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Zscaler

Staff Software Development Engineer

  • Hybrid
  • 6+ years

Salary

$133,000 - 190,000/ year

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Description

The company's Zero Trust Exchange platform connects users, devices and applications in any location, protecting customers from cyberattacks and data loss. It runs as a SASE-based, in-line cloud security service across more than 200 public data centers worldwide and thousands of private edge sites.

The company is building an AI-native enterprise in which people work alongside machine intelligence to tackle hard security problems. Its values are ownership and collaboration, trust through results and impact, and open challenge with ongoing feedback.

This Staff Software Engineer role sits in the IAM department and reports to the Senior Director, Engineering. You will build workflows and application integrations with the wider IAM team, Product Management and business teams. Identity is now the main security boundary, and you will design and build enterprise-grade identity management products that help organizations move quickly under a cloud-first approach.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build enterprise-grade identity management products
  • Take part in designing and implementing core product features and major technical initiatives
  • Coach junior engineers on software development best practices
  • Support a positive, collaborative team culture
  • Work with other teams to take projects from start to production

Requirements

  • Comfortable working in unclear situations, shaping the approach as you go and turning changing conditions into useful solutions
  • Take ownership of your work, bringing commitment to the mission and high integrity, and move between strategy and hands-on delivery
  • Tackle challenges head on and focus on solutions with high impact
  • Build trust with teammates by putting the team first, welcoming feedback and speaking candidly and respectfully
  • Keep learning by seeking feedback and growth opportunities as a partner, teammate and leader
  • Foundational understanding of AI and ML, with experience using, securing or positioning AI-driven solutions to improve results in your area
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in application architecture and development
  • Expert knowledge of Enterprise Java, OOP, OOA, systems architecture, RESTful APIs and frameworks such as Hibernate and Spring
  • Strong knowledge of IAM protocols, specifically SAML, OAuth and OpenID Connect
  • Experience building enterprise-grade security or networking products
  • Preferred: proven use of AI technologies and workflows to produce measurable efficiency gains
  • Preferred: knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and container infrastructure
  • Preferred: experience with Java reactive programming

Conditions

Hybrid role: 3 days a week in San Jose, CA

Full-time position

Base pay range: $133,000 - $190,000 USD across all US locations, based on role and level; actual pay may be higher or lower depending on skills, experience and education or training. The base range excludes commission, bonus, equity and benefits.

The company complies with applicable federal, state and local pay transparency rules.

The company provides reasonable accommodations in recruiting for candidates who are differently abled, have long-term or mental health conditions, hold sincerely held religious beliefs, are neurodivergent or need pregnancy-related support.

Benefits

  • Health plan options
  • Vacation and sick time plans
  • Parental leave
  • Retirement plan options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks

Where you’d work

Part of the week in the office

You can work from

  • United States

About the company

Zscaler

  • Industry: Cybersecurity

Office in San Jose, United States

Also hiring in United States, Bellevue, United States and Germany

34 of their 72 open roles are remote

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Details14 facts · Role, Location, Compensation, Employment, Company
Tech stack
  • Java
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
Seniority
Staff
Type
Full-time
Equity
Equity offered
Industry
Cybersecurity
Specialty
Backend
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Role

Category
Development
Specialty
Backend
Seniority
Staff
Experience
6+ years
Tech stack
  • Java
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker

Location

Work model
Hybrid
Region
United States
Office
  • San Jose, United States
Remote from
  • United States

Compensation

Salary
$133,000 - 190,000 / year
Pay period
Annual
Equity
Equity offered

Employment

Type
Full-time

Company

Industry
Cybersecurity

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