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Zscaler · 3 weeks ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer - Golang, Javascript

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation through its cloud native Zero Trust Exchange platform, which protects customers from cyberattacks. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will design and implement scalable backend services, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate on integrated solutions within the platform convergence team.

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Responsibilities

Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs using Go, integrating with databases like PostgreSQL, AWS Athena, Trino, and Redis
Writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure code quality while monitoring, debugging, and optimizing system performance
Mentoring junior engineers, fostering their growth and success, and actively participating in code reviews to uphold best practices
Collaborating with external teams to deliver integrated solutions and ensure seamless system functionality
Contributing to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives, to drive project success

Qualification

GolangDistributed systemsRESTful API designDockerKubernetesSQL databasesNoSQL databasesCI/CD pipelinesJavascriptAgile/ScrumMentoring

Required

8+ years of experience, with proficiency coding in Go (Golang), including strong expertise in concurrency, parallelism, GRPC, Protobuf, net/http, and TLS
Skilled in building large-scale distributed systems, RESTful API design, and working with web frameworks like Gin and Echo
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and version control tools like Git
Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, along with CI/CD pipeline implementation
Proficiency in front-end Javascript and React

Preferred

Prior experience with shipping security software to end users
Experience working with security analysts, threat hunters, and reverse engineers
Familiarity with detection engineering as it relates to emerging online threats

Benefits

Various health plans
Time off plans for vacation and sick time
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks, and more!

Company

Zscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that enables secure digital transformation for mobile and cloud.

H1B Sponsorship

Zscaler has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (164)
2024 (220)
2023 (108)
2022 (144)
2021 (82)
2020 (51)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.67B
Key Investors
TPG GrowthLightspeed Venture Partners
2025-07-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-04-23Post Ipo Equity· $22.7M
2018-03-16IPO

Leadership Team

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Jay Chaudhry
CEO, Chairman & Founder
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Hemant Dabke
Area Vice President
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