Staff Software Development Engineer

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 Cyber Security and Data Protection Engineering department. based out of our Bangalore office three days a week,In this role, reporting to the Sr Manager of Engineering, Cyber Security and Data Protection. You will build quality into products that secure mobile devices, applications, and data for millions of users who rely on our service for comprehensive protection and data security. Our team develops innovative solutions across web filtering, policy enforcement, next-gen firewalls, and CASB, utilizing real-time analytics to provide unmatched visibility through a state-of-the-art NOC.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Validate complex features by designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive automated test cases

Develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks and internal tools to streamline the entire software testing lifecycle

Lead scalability, stress, and performance testing initiatives to identify bottlenecks and propose architectural solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams and interact with customers to simulate real-world scenarios for product validation

Evaluate and implement cloud security measures while identifying continuous improvement areas across the development process

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

You act like an owner.