About the job
About Zscaler
Zscaler is a trailblazer and global frontrunner in the realm of zero trust security solutions. The world's most significant enterprises, critical infrastructure organizations, and government agencies trust Zscaler for safeguarding their users, branches, applications, data, and devices, while also accelerating their digital transformation journeys. With a presence in over 160 data centers worldwide, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, powered by advanced AI, combats billions of cyber threats and policy violations daily, unlocking productivity improvements for modern businesses by reducing costs and complexity.
At Zscaler, the impact you make in your role holds greater importance than your title. We cultivate a culture of trust built on tangible results. Transparency and constructive, honest debate are core to our values as we strive to uncover the best ideas swiftly. Our high-performing teams are designed to create significant impacts rapidly and with exceptional quality. We are fostering a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
We embrace an “AI Forward, People First” philosophy that propels us toward innovation, empowering our team members to realize their full potential. If you are driven by purpose, excel at solving intricate challenges, and aim to create a positive global impact, we welcome you to join Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.
Role
We are seeking an accomplished Senior Staff Software Development Engineer to join our dynamic team. This hybrid role will be based in Bangalore, reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering within our Engineering department. You will play a pivotal role as a development engineer, responsible for architecting, developing, and testing mission-critical enhancements to the Zscaler nanolog database and its associated services. Your efforts will revolve around advancing query parsing, streaming architectures, and high-efficiency data storage to empower our global cloud infrastructure.
What You’ll Do (Role Expectations)
- Design, develop, and rigorously test enhancements to the Zscaler nanolog database and its associated services.
- Innovate advanced features within query parsing and planner modules, including new functionalities for the Zscaler query language in metrics-based data stores.
- Optimize log collection and streaming to third parties, implementing advanced storage and compression algorithms.
- Troubleshoot complex production cloud issues, profiling code to identify and enhance efficiency in critical areas.
- Architect large-scale, maintainable software components that support distributed systems effectively.

