Zscaler
AI Security
Sr.StaffSoftwareDevelopmentEngineerAISecurity
“Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer-AI Security at Zscaler. Skills: Rust, distributed systems, AI Security, gRPC. Architect AI Security plane. Develop AI Security plane”
What You'll Achieve.
impact in your role matters; trust is built on results; impact over activity; amplify their impact; stay ahead of evolving threats; getting to the best ideas, faster; make an impact quickly; high quality; culture of execution; customer obsession; accountability; high-impact, high-accountability; enabled to do your best work; embrace your potential; driven by purpose; thrive on solving complex challenges; helping to secure the AI age; shape the future of cybersecurity; foundational architect; scaling security infrastructure; support hundreds of millions of users; technical excellence; highly efficient I/O; service-oriented architecture; resilient systems; fault tolerance; robust messaging protocols; seamless integration; Systematically enhance performance; building something meaningful; bias for action; genuinely care about the outcome; navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution; earning trust; become a better partner
Industry & Context.
problem-solver; laser-focused on finding the solution; solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of software engineering experience, Deep experience in systems programming using Rust, focus on asynchronous frameworks such as Tokio or async-std, Proven ability to design and implement horizontally scalable, highly available, and observable distributed systems, command of Linux internals, kernel-user space interaction, networking, sockets, namespaces, Skilled in performance instrumentation, containerized environments, Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines
Nice to Have
Expert in systems languages such as C/C++ or Rust, focus on performance optimization, Deep understanding of Linux networking stacks, Kubernetes networking, service meshes, LLM model optimization, Practical experience with gRPC, Protobufs, L4-L7 networking protocols, TCP/IP, TLS, QUIC, HTTP, WebSockets (WSS)
What You'll Do.
Architect AI Security plane
Develop AI Security plane
Optimize AI Security plane
Build resilient systems
Build distributed systems
Build scalable systems
Implement gRPC services
Maintain gRPC services
Enhance performance across stack
Lead complex projects
Define technical roadmap
Drive execution across teams
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating with stakeholders; collaborating with product; high-trust collaborator; ambitious for the team; giving and receiving ongoing feedback; candor delivered with clarity and respect; stronger teammate
Communication Scope
constructive, honest debate; candor delivered with clarity and respect
Process & Methodology
Lead complex, multi-functional projects, defining the technical roadmap, driving execution
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