Senior Control Plane AI-Driven Systems Engineer (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Parental leave

Education reimbursement

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer (Controlplane) to lead scalable control plane platform services in a hybrid role (in office 3 days a week in San Jose, CA).

You will drive architecture across distributed systems, influence technical strategy, and improve reliability, observability, and developer velocity. The ideal candidate brings deep distributed systems expertise, strong cross-functional leadership, and a pragmatic execution mindset, with experience in cloud-native

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Deep expertise in system design and microservices architecture
• Proficient in Java, Go, or Python with production-grade delivery
• Experience leading complex initiatives across multiple teams
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native technologies and secure software practices

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and delivery of scalable control plane platform services
• Drive cross-team alignment on architecture and execution plans
• Identify bottlenecks and reliability risks to improve performance and maintainability
• Mentor senior engineers and uphold engineering standards
• Apply AI-assisted tooling to improve developer productivity and outcomes

Skills

Distributed systems

APIs

Go

Java

Python

Cloud-native

Observability

Tools

Go

Java

Python

API design

Distributed systems tooling

Job description

Zscaler is seeking a Sr. Software Development Engineer (Controlplane) to lead scalable control plane platform services in a hybrid role (in office 3 days a week in San Jose, CA).

You will drive architecture across distributed systems, influence technical strategy, and improve reliability, observability, and developer velocity. The ideal candidate brings deep distributed systems expertise, strong cross-functional leadership, and a pragmatic execution mindset, with experience in cloud-native