Zscaler
AI Security
Sr.SoftwareDevelopmentEngineerAISecurity
“Sr. Software Development Engineer-AI Security at Zscaler. Skills: Rust, AI Security, distributed systems, network programming. Develop high-performance networking code. Improve code quality”
What You'll Achieve.
impact in your role matters; trust is built on results; impact over activity; make an impact quickly; high quality; customer obsession; accountability; high-impact; high-accountability; sense of urgency; enabled to do your best work; embrace your potential; driven by purpose; solving complex challenges; helping to secure the AI age; shape the future of cybersecurity; high-reliability; low-latency AI security solution; scaling to hundreds of millions of users; enhancing security capabilities; designing and implementing core infrastructure components; distributed systems; customer-impacting features; build something meaningful; genuinely care about the outcome; navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution
Industry & Context.
problem-solver; laser-focused on finding the solution; solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact; Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, 3+ years of software engineering experience, deep expertise in the Rust programming language, familiarity with lower-level languages such as C/C++, knowledge of system and network programming, knowledge of firewalls, knowledge of VPNs, knowledge of protocols, knowledge of TCP/IP, knowledge of UDP, knowledge of DNS, knowledge of QUIC, knowledge of H/3, knowledge of proxies, Familiarity with system concepts, Familiarity with virtual memory, Familiarity with multi-threading, Familiarity with system APIs, familiarity with SLM models, familiarity with LLM models, Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills in both networking and system-level contexts
Nice to Have
Familiarity with DevOps pipelines, Familiarity with VPN technologies, understanding of security protocols and standards, Experience writing testable, low-complexity code with dependency injection, thorough documentation, Proficiency in additional programming languages like Swift, Proficiency in additional programming languages like Python, comparable direct experience in validating AI-driven products, understanding of model performance metrics, understanding of MLOps principles
What You'll Do.
Develop high-performance networking code
Design and implement major development projects
Collaborate with product managers
Deliver customer-impacting features
Debug and solve complex network-related problems
enhance system functionality
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating closely with stakeholders; Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams; high-trust collaborator; ambitious for the team; giving and receiving ongoing feedback; candor delivered with clarity and respect; stronger teammate; collaboration; collaboration and belonging
Communication Scope
constructive, honest debate; candor delivered with clarity and respect
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