Senior AI Security Software Engineer

Zscaler; Washington; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Zscaler is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer - AI Security to join our Hybrid team in the United States (San Jose, CA or Bellevue, WA). You will build a high‑reliability AI security solution capable of scaling to hundreds of millions of users within the world’s largest cloud security platform.

The role emphasizes design, implementation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, low-latency systems, with a strong focus on performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience with Rust; familiarity with lower‑level languages such as C/C++.
• Strong knowledge of system and network programming including firewalls, VPNs, protocols, TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, QUIC.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance networking code for multiple desktop platforms using Rust and platform-native APIs.
• Improve code quality through building solid, testable, and well-documented software foundations.
• Design and implement major development projects with a focus on scalability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver customer-impacting features.
• Debug and solve complex network-related problems and enhance system functionality.

Skills

Rust programming

C/C++ familiarity

Networking protocols

AI security concepts

DevOps pipelines

MLOps basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Swift

Python

Job description

Zscaler is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer - AI Security to join our Hybrid team in the United States (San Jose, CA or Bellevue, WA). You will build a high‑reliability AI security solution capable of scaling to hundreds of millions of users within the world’s largest cloud security platform.

The role emphasizes design, implementation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, low-latency systems, with a strong focus on performance and reliability.