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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Zscaler's roles stay open a median of 61 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Zscaler's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zscaler
- high 286 stale, 19 reposted of 370 open
- Hiring momentum
- 564 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zscaler's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zscaler.
About this role
The Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer for the Provisioning Platform will be responsible for designing and developing backend services that manage SKU provisioning, entitlement management, and subscription lifecycle management. This role involves building API-first platform services using Java and Spring Boot, and requires expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native technologies. The engineer will also focus on creating scalable, reliable systems that enhance user experiences through automation and AI integration.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zscaler as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale backend, platform, distributed systems, or cloud-native applications
- Strong backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot, including building production-grade microservices and APIs
- Experience with distributed systems concepts such as resiliency, idempotency, retries, fault tolerance, transactional workflows, eventual consistency, and durable state management
- Experience with API-first platform development using REST, gRPC, OpenAPI, OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, audit logging, and secure service-to-service communication
- Experience with cloud-native and event-driven technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Redis, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production operations
Nice to have
- Experience building provisioning, licensing, entitlement, commerce, billing, subscription lifecycle, or internal developer platforms at scale
- Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal, Cadence, Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster, as well as domain-driven design and event-driven architectures
- Experience with Agentic AI, LLM-based workflows, tool calling, RAG, AI-assisted admin/developer experiences, or strong practical use of AI-assisted development tools; Python/FastAPI, Go, React, Next.js, or Material UI experience is a plus
What you get
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks, and more!
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of team size or structure, which may affect collaboration and support
- The role emphasizes backend development, which may limit exposure to frontend technologies unless specified in nice-to-haves
- The salary range is broad and may vary significantly based on individual qualifications and experience
Summarised from Zscaler's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Zscaler on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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