About the company
Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.
Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.
Responsibilities
- Designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance network system architecture and security features to support mission-critical applications
- Partnering with Engineering Architects, Product Managers, Solution Architects, and customers to understand complex use cases and review PRDs
- Authoring design and functional specifications while driving unit testing and automation to ensure high product quality
- Collaborating across cross-functional teams to resolve system-level issues, optimize data path performance, and drive feature innovation
- Applying advanced software design principles and troubleshooting expertise to coach junior team members and maintain compliance with federal security certifications
Requirements
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field with 10+ years of experience in system engineering for high-performance networking
- Expertise in Linux kernel-based networking (L2/L3), stateful firewalls, NAT, network drivers, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, PIM), and protocols like VLANs, DHCP, DNS, SSL, DTLS, QUIC, IPsec, GRE, and WireGuard
- Proficiency in Go and Python programming languages with strong problem-solving skills for debugging complex data path issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to design scalable systems effectively in a high-accountability environment
Conditions
- Hybrid role based in Bangalore, India
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks, and more!