Staff Product Designer

Zscaler; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,200 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Zscaler is seeking a Staff Product Designer to join our team in a Hybrid role (3 days at San Jose HQ). You will lead end-to-end product design across our cybersecurity products, using AI-powered tools and Figma to drive rapid ideation, prototyping, and delivery.

Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and AI teams to craft cohesive user experiences and scale our design systems. You will balance usability with complexity in data-dense environments, translate concepts into prototypes and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of UX and/or Product Design experience, including at least 5 years designing for enterprise or B2B products.
• Strong product design portfolio showing shipped, world-class UX for complex enterprise products using tools like Figma or Sketch (portfolio link required).
• Exceptional visual and interaction design skills with proven experience building and scaling global design systems.
• Deep understanding of front-end constraints (HTML, CSS, JS frameworks) with fluency in reading code and working closely with engineering.
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrating clarity, directness, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design for complex enterprise cybersecurity workflows across multiple Zscaler products, from discovery through prototyping and iteration.
• Use AI-powered tools alongside Figma and other design platforms to accelerate ideation, prototyping, content creation, and delivery speed.
• Design intuitive experiences for data-dense, technical, and configuration-heavy environments balancing usability and scalability.
• Translate concepts into working prototypes and implementation-ready solutions, including using AI to generate and refine front-end code with engineering.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Content Design, Research, Data Science, and AI teams to define problems and deliver cohesive experiences.
• Evolve design systems and UX standards while mentoring the team and maintaining quality across interaction and visual design.

Skills

AI-native mindset

UX design

Enterprise/B2B design

Portfolio

Front-end knowledge

Communication

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

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 Staff Product Designer to join our team. This is a Hybrid (3 days - San Jose HQ) role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Design in the Product Management department. The AI-Native Staff Product Designer is a hybrid of world-class design craft, systems thinking, and the ability to build what they design with the help of AI. This role designs and delivers end-to-end product experiences across Zscaler’s portfolio, using tools like Figma alongside AI-powered design and prototyping tools - from discovery through execution. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and AI teams, they create intuitive, cohesive experiences that drive adoption and retention while continuously evolving our UX practice as AI capabilities mature.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Lead end-to-end product design for complex enterprise cybersecurity workflows across multiple Zscaler products, from discovery and concepting through prototyping, validation, implementation, and iteration.
• Use AI-powered toolsalongside Figma and other design platforms to accelerate ideation, prototyping, content creation, design exploration, and overall delivery speed.
• Design intuitive experiences for data-dense, highly technical, and configuration-heavy environments, balancing usability, clarity, scalability, and power.
• Translate concepts into working prototypes and implementation-ready solutions, including using AI to generate, refine, and commit front-end code in close partnership with engineering.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Content Design, Research, Data Science, and AI teams to define problems, align requirements, and deliver cohesive user experiences.
• Evolve design systems, UX standards, and AI-native design practices while maintaining a high bar for quality across interaction design, visual design, accessibility, research-informed decisions, and team mentorship.

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity, seeing dynamic environments and complex challenges as raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner, operating with high integrity, a passion for the mission, and a seamless ability to bridge high-level strategy with hands‑on execution.
• You are a high‑trust collaborator who embraces ongoing feedback with candor and respect, driving team success above personal ambition.
• You are deeply customer‑obsessed, building empathy for both internal and external users to champion their real‑world needs from start to finish.
• You are a pragmatic builder who is passionate about creating, iterating, and shipping value quickly without compromising on technical or functional quality.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Demonstrated AI-native mindset with active, daily use of AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, or equivalent) to enhance design, build, documentation, and iteration workflows
• 8+ years of UX and/or Product Design experience, including at least 5 years designing for enterprise or B2B products
• Strong product design portfolio showing shipped, world‑class UX for complex enterprise products using tools like Figma or Sketch (portfolio link required)
• Exceptional visual and interaction design skills with proven experience building, contributing to, and scaling global design systems
• Deep understanding of front‑end constraints (HTML, CSS, JS frameworks) with fluency in reading code and working closely with engineering implementation
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrating clarity, directness, and strong cross‑functional collaboration across multi‑disciplinary teams

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience designing analytical or data‑dense interfaces such as dashboards, workflows, monitoring, or configuration‑heavy surfaces
• Familiarity with IT, Cloud Security, or adjacent technical domains
• Demonstrated AI‑powered build capabilities, including using AI tools to generate code, prototype interactions, or automate design‑to‑code workflows

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Base Pay Range

$137,200 - $196,000 USD

Base Pay Range The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) + benefits.

At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• In‑office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefitshere .

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