Principal Software Engineer - Risk360

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're looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our Risk360 team. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for:

• Technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, guiding them in best practices and design decisions.
• Design of data processing pipelines to handle data ingestion, transformation, and analysis to derive actionable insights for risk quantification.
• Product features related to data transformations, enrichment, and analytics.
• Observability of the platform and automation of test infrastructure.
• Implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, such as GDPR or CCPA.
• Establishing monitoring mechanisms to track the data platform's performance and health and define maintenance procedures to keep it running smoothly. You will seize every opportunity to refactor code in the interests of maintainability and reusability.
• Collaborating with product managers, UX designers, and other backend teams to understand and translate requirements into functional specifications.

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+ years of experience in software development and enterprise data warehouse solutions, with at least 5+ years of experience in building scalable data. processing infrastructure, taking into account concurrency, latency, and efficiency by profiling, reviewing logs, etc
• Proficient in Core Java, Concurrency and Distributed Computing.
• Proficient in SQL including query planning and optimizing queries to analyze and improve performance.
• Proficient in cloud infrastructure services on AWS/Azure/GCP, and stay informed about relevant technology trends and developments.
• Experience in container (ex: docker) and container orchestration (ex: kubernetes) based environments.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Ability to write code that can perform efficiently in a big data setup, which will scale to handle large volumes of data efficiently, considering the potential growth of data over time.
• Knowledge of various DBMS systems, including NoSQL architectures and design principles.
• Working knowledge of GraphQL and understanding of security compliance frameworks.
• Experience tuning JVM for optimal application performance.
• MS in Computer Science or related field.

This is an office based role in either our San Jose, CA or Alpharetta, GA office (hybrid environment).

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

Base Pay Range$175,000—$250,000 USD

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