Staff Software Development Engineer
BengaluruFull-timeHybrid5–9 yrsPosted open since may 2026
Senior software engineering role at Zscaler in Bengaluru. Needs 5+ years. Hybrid.
About the role
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. 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.
What you'll do
- This is a Hybrid role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering in the Federal and Sovereign Clouds department
- As a passionate engineer you will work with a team of cloud architects in building scalable, high performance backend applications for our cloud engineering org
- What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
- Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs
- Ensuring code quality by writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests; monitor, debug, and optimize system performance
What you need
- Java
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Agile
- Performance testing
Good to have
- LLMs
- Test automation
- CI/CD
- Machine learning
- GCP
- Root cause analysis