Staff Software Development Engineer
@ Zscaler

Hyderabad, Telangana, India
$180,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 23 days ago

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About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers including 45% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007. Zscaler's mission is to secure digital transformation and build the world’s largest security cloud, offering agile, efficient, resilient and secure cloud solutions.

The company is known for its pioneering AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform as part of its SASE and SSE offerings. With an inclusive and supportive culture, Zscaler is a recognized Best Workplace in Technology.

About the Role: Staff Software Development Engineer

The Staff Software Development Engineer will join the DSPM team reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering. In this role, you will:

  • Lead and execute testing phases and develop test strategies, plans, and cases based on requirements.
  • Design and optimize scalable automated test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set quality objectives and drive continuous improvement.
  • Identify and resolve complex issues using root cause analysis and effective solutions.
  • Stay updated on QA tools and methodologies to implement best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 6+ years in functional testing, quality assurance, and test automation for API, databases, and UI.
  • Proficient in Python, JavaScript, or Java, with experience in SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, and RESTful services.
  • Excellent communication skills in agile team environments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with performance, load, and scale testing automation.
  • Experience building and maintaining test infrastructure for continuous testing.
  • Good understanding of agile development and continuous integration/delivery patterns.

Benefits & Culture

Zscaler offers comprehensive health plans, vacation and sick time, parental leave, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks. The company values diversity and inclusion, ensuring all qualified candidates are considered.

Key skills/competency

  • Test Automation
  • Python
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud Platforms
  • Microservices
  • API Testing
  • Agile
  • Quality Assurance
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Collaboration
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  • Research Zscaler's culture: Study their mission, values, and recent news.
  • Customize your resume: Highlight test automation and cloud skills.
  • Prepare examples: Demonstrate past successes in QA roles.
  • Practice interview questions: Focus on agile and CI/CD experiences.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review automated test frameworks.
Practice coding in Python or Java.
Familiarize with CI/CD pipeline tools.
Study cloud platform best practices.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging project you led.
Explain teamwork in agile settings.
How do you prioritize tasks under pressure?
Discuss a time you improved process efficiency.

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