Staff Software Development Engineer - Golang

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Zscaler

Bangalore, IND; Hyderabad, IND; Pune, IND

Hybrid

Posted March 3, 2026

Job Description

About Zscaler

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 Software Development Engineer to join our DSPM team. This is a hybrid role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering. You will lead and contribute to the entire feature development lifecycle for our SaaS products, focusing on large-scale data processing and highly scalable microservices. By collaborating across functional teams, you will define and build the next generation of data security posture management solutions.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Design and implement highly scalable microservices to support large-data processing within a SaaS environment
Write optimized code using efficient algorithms and develop backend application interfaces for various data services
Design and develop robust integration solutions that enhance our product ecosystem
Collaborate with product teams to define software requirements and partner with cross-functional engineers to build reliable products
Lead the entire development lifecycle from initial design and implementation through to production operations

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the