Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Java/Go + Distributed Systems
Zscaler · Bangalore, IND; Hyderabad, IND
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Zscaler's roles stay open a median of 76 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Zscaler's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Zscaler
- high 365 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
- 2026-10-23
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
As a Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer at Zscaler, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining the world’s largest cloud security platform. Your responsibilities will include providing architectural guidance, establishing best practices for coding and CI/CD pipelines, and driving cross-team collaboration to enhance performance and reliability. You will need to thrive in a dynamic environment and take ownership of both high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies
- 7+ years of experience in Java/Go coding in a highly distributed and enterprise-scale environment
- Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services on AWS or Azure
- Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Strong database knowledge of SQL constructs and data modeling
- Strong experience with Identity governance and administration, Access Management
Nice to have
- Experience building full CI/CD systems leveraging Kubernetes, web service frameworks, and streaming data infrastructure like Apache Spark, Kafka, Druid, or ElasticSearch
- Experience building reliable data tiers using Postgres, Redis, Terraform, Ansible, graph databases like Neo4j or AWS Neptune, and developing GraphQL APIs
- Deep knowledge of identity and access management systems (Okta, SAML, OAuth), test automation, Python programming, and designing fault-tolerant distributed systems for networking or cloud security products
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 salary listed
- Hybrid role may require flexibility in work location
- Emphasis on a dynamic environment may indicate a fast-paced and potentially ambiguous work setting
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Listed by Zscaler on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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