Zscaler

Technology

Sr.StaffPlatformEngineer

$240–360k ~AI est. Bellevue, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Staff Platform Engineer at Zscaler. Skills: Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, Backend Services, AI/ML Solutions. Design backend services. Implement backend services”

What You'll Achieve.

Amplify impact with AI; Secure the AI age; Ensure system reliability; Support high availability

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Troubleshooting; Debugging; Optimization

Eligibility Requirements

3 days in office, On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years experience, Proficiency coding OOP, Design distributed systems, Analyze distributed systems, Resolve distributed systems, Docker proficiency, Kubernetes proficiency, Cloud platform experience, Bachelor's degree CS, Equivalent professional experience

Nice to Have

Design distributed backend, Optimize distributed backend, Support LLM deployment, Support LLM orchestration, Support AI inference, Excellent leadership skills, Excellent communication skills, Cross-team collaboration skills, AI code-assistance tools, DevOps automation workflows, CI/CD pipelines

What You'll Do.

Design backend services

Implement backend services

Write integration tests

Maintain integration tests

Write performance tests

Maintain performance tests

Monitor system performance

Debug system performance

Optimize system performance

Mentor junior engineers

Foster engineer growth

Uphold best practices

Participate code reviews

Collaborate cross-functional teams

Deliver integrated solutions

Contribute Agile/Scrum

Participate sprint planning

Participate retrospectives

Participate on-call rotation

Support engineering platform

Ensure platform availability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Agile/Scrum processes

Communication Scope

Cross-team collaboration

Process & Methodology

Agile, Scrum, Sprint planning, Retrospectives

Full Job Description

About Zscaler 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. Role We are looking for a Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to join our team. This is a Bellevue, WA (3 days in office) role, reporting to the Sr. Director, Software Development Engineering in the Zero Trust Exchange department. In this role, you will design scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring system reliability within a highly available engineering platform. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs Ensuring code quality by writing and m

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