Senior Principal Software Engineer - Remote, Scalable Cloud Systems

EngRadar; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 217,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Zscaler in the United States is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to help design and deliver highly scalable distributed systems across cloud and hybrid environments. This role offers a hybrid work model and remote options, reporting to the Production Engineering organization within Cloud Infrastructure & Operations.

You will mentor engineers, lead incident response, and champion performance, observability, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 12 years of software engineering experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience designing scalable, high-performance cloud-native software.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, C or Python.
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies.
• Experience with ITIL and on-call incident management.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable distributed systems.
• Architect major software components with focus on performance and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and lead incident response and post-incident analyses.
• Drive engineering excellence with observability and reliability practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a hybrid/remote setting.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Java

Go

C

Python

AI/ML concepts

Incident management

Job description

Zscaler in the United States is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to help design and deliver highly scalable distributed systems across cloud and hybrid environments. This role offers a hybrid work model and remote options, reporting to the Production Engineering organization within Cloud Infrastructure & Operations.

You will mentor engineers, lead incident response, and champion performance, observability, and reliability.