About the job
About Zscaler
Zscaler is at the forefront of digital transformation, empowering our clients to be agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As a leader in AI-driven solutions, we harness the world's largest security data lake to enhance our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. Our innovations shield customers from cyber threats and data breaches by securely connecting users, devices, and applications, regardless of location.
At Zscaler, we prioritize impact over titles, building trust through results. We seek forward-thinking innovators who utilize AI to maximize their contributions and excel in a dynamic environment where intelligent systems are key to staying ahead of emerging threats. Our culture emphasizes transparency and values constructive, honest discussions, enabling us to reach the best solutions swiftly. We cultivate high-performing teams that can make significant impacts quickly and maintain high-quality standards. Our focus is on a culture of execution driven by customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
If you're motivated by purpose, enjoy tackling complex problems, and want to be part of the team securing the AI era, we encourage you to join Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.
Role
We are on the lookout for a skilled Staff Engineer to join our team in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering within the Federal and Sovereign Clouds division. As a dedicated engineer, you will collaborate with a team of cloud architects to build scalable, high-performance backend applications for our cloud engineering organization. Your contributions will be crucial in enhancing our multitenant architecture and expanding our global footprint as the world's largest cloud security platform.
What You’ll Do (Role Expectations)
- Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs.
- Maintain code quality through unit, integration, and performance testing; monitor, debug, and optimize system performance.
- Mentor junior engineers, fostering their growth and promoting best practices through active participation in code reviews.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions and contribute to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives.
- Participate in on-call rotation to provide support as needed.
