Job Description

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% 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 world’s 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 world’s 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 15 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.

We're looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to join our Data Path team. Reporting to the Manager, Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for:

• Handling process packets at ingress and egress points at high speed to ensure no noticeable latency for clients
• Collaborating with the operations team to deploy, monitor, patch, and scale systems as needed
• Identifying and resolving hotspots to ensure smooth performance as the user base grows

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 6+ years of experience in C/C++ programming in a distributed and enterprise-scale environment.
• Experience with networking protocols and traffic management technologies (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS, QUIC).
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot network performance issues (latency/packet loss) including analysis using traffic tools.
• Strong knowledge in one of the cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes components and containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Familiarity with Hashicorp packer for building and customizing VM images for cloud for AWS, Azure, GCP or Vmware ESX.
• Stay current with industry trends and propose enhancements to improve system reliability, scalability and network efficiency.
• Master's or Bachelor's degree in either Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering