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# Staff Software Development Engineer

- **Company:** Zscaler, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, Batch Processing, Big Data, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Computer Networks, Data Infrastructure, Database Schema, Disaster Recovery, Spring Framework, Machine Learning, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Utility Software, Data Logging, Google Cloud, System Availability, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3496645418&tx=CT3432TYD&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable building the path as you walk it, viewing dynamic environments as an opportunity to design and deliver meaningful solutions.
 * You act like an owner with a strong bias for action, operating with high integrity and seamlessly transitioning between high-level architectural strategy and hands-on code execution.
 * You are a high-trust collaborator who is ambitious for the team's success, actively embracing a healthy challenge culture by giving and receiving respectful, candid feedback.
 * You are a pragmatic builder obsessed with creating, iterating, and shipping software, willing to roll up your sleeves to build prototypes while balancing technical excellence with rapid user value.
 * You are data-driven, leveraging analytics and concrete evidence over assumptions to find the truth, measure impact, and guide critical engineering decisions., * Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain
 * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
 * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
 * Strong experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) and cloud-native API and microservice development
 * Proven experience with Java, Spring Framework, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker
 * Experience building scalable batch and real-time data pipelines and designing systems for security, scaling, multi-tenancy, high availability, and disaster recovery

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

 * Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
 * Experience leveraging AI tools and methodologies to accelerate the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and improve developer productivity
 * Technical expertise in Apache Spark for large-scale data processing
 * Practical experience working with Machine Learning (ML) models, systems, or pipelines

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## Description

We are looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid (Santa Clara, CA) role, reporting to the Sr. Director, Software Development Engineering in the Zero Trust Exchange (ZPA Logging Analytics AI-ML) department. Zscaler is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to research, design, develop, and enhance computer and network software for ZPA Logging and Analytics. This role focuses on building robust, scalable data infrastructure and software platforms that support both internal and external users. The engineer will work on large-scale systems that collect and process billions of log events from globally distributed cloud infrastructure and transform that data into actionable insights for customers and researchers.

What you'll do (Role Expectations)

 * Research, design, develop, and implement computer and network software, including specialized utility programs, for Zscaler products based on business and user requirements
 * Analyze user needs and apply principles of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis to create scalable, reliable, and effective software solutions
 * Build, maintain, and optimize robust data infrastructure to support large-scale batch processing and real-time data workloads across distributed cloud environments
 * Design and implement secure, high-performance database schemas, data models, APIs, and data platforms that ingest billions of log events and deliver actionable analytics and visibility
 * Participate in agile development processes to enhance existing software and platforms, with strong focus on code quality, supportability, scalability, performance, and continuous improvement