Staff Software Engineer, AI-Driven Microservices (Hybrid)

Zscaler, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off plans for vacation and sick

Parental leave options

Retirement options

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices) to join in Santa Clara/ San Jose area, with a hybrid schedule (3 days in office). You will own the control plane for the ZIA product, building scalable, low-latency, event-driven microservices across cloud environments.

You will drive API-first design, leverage Docker and Kubernetes, and collaborate with Product, DevOps, and System Architects to translate complex business needs into high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain

Responsibilities

• Execute the technical roadmap to modernize enterprise platforms using API-first design and microservices architecture

Skills

Microservices

Java (Spring Boot)

Go

Rust

API-first design

Distributed systems

CQRS

Event Sourcing

Kafka

RabbitMQ

SQS

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL

NoSQL

AI/ML awareness

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

SQS

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Zscaler, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices) to join in Santa Clara/ San Jose area, with a hybrid schedule (3 days in office). You will own the control plane for the ZIA product, building scalable, low-latency, event-driven microservices across cloud environments.

You will drive API-first design, leverage Docker and Kubernetes, and collaborate with Product, DevOps, and System Architects to translate complex business needs into high-performance solutions.