Staff Software Engineer - Golang

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

Our Engineering team built the world's largest cloud security platform from the ground up, and we keep building. With more than 100 patents and big plans for enhancing services and increasing our global footprint, the team has made us and our multitenant architecture today's cloud security leader, with more than 15 million users in 185 countries. Bring your vision and passion to our team of cloud architects, software engineers, security experts, and more who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

We are hiring a Golang Application Engineer to work on delivering a multi-tenant, scalable and secure SaaS platform with a microservices architecture. This role is onsite in San Jose, CA at least three days a week. Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, you will:

• Design and implement highly scalable, microservices.
• Write optimized code using efficient algorithms; design and implement backend application interfaces for data and services
• Design and develop integration solutions
• Collaborate with product team to define software requirements for programming effort; collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers to build SaaS products for large-data processing.
• Lead/Contribute to the entire feature development lifecycle, all the way from design, implementation, production operations.           

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Proficiency in Golang programming, Data structures/Algorithms & debugging skills in cloud environment; excellent programming and data structure skills.
• Strong knowledge of design patterns, data structures and software engineering best practices
• Hands-on experience with popular public cloud services infrastructure offerings such as AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores.
• Experience developing microservices using Kubernetes on any of the large cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, GCP.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in developing multi-tenant/Enterprise SaaS products, API Management, API design, performance optimization and experience with event-driven and streaming data applications.
• Thorough understanding of agile development and continuous integration/delivery patterns; understanding of web security best practices
• Strong operating system, virtual machine, and container knowledge, Good working knowledge of Unix/Linux/Windows systems and OS internals.

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Base Pay Range$122,500—$175,000 USD

At Zscaler, we believe that diversity drives innovation, productivity, and success. We are looking for individuals from all backgrounds and identities to join our team and contribute to our mission to make doing business seamless and secure. We are guided by these principles as we create a representative and impactful team, and a culture where everyone belongs. For more information on our commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, visit the Corporate Responsibility page of our website.

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