Principal Software Engineer (Data Products)

About Zscaler

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) is at the forefront of accelerating digital transformation, ensuring that our customers are agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, our innovative cloud-native platform, offers robust protection against cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications anywhere.

Boasting over a decade of cloud expertise, Zscaler benefits countless enterprise customers globally, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies. Our platform not only guards against threats like ransomware and data exfiltration but also reduces costs and complexity while enhancing user experiences through the elimination of latency-producing hardware.

Founded in 2007, Zscaler was born from the vision to make the cloud a secure and pleasant environment for business. Our tailor-made security solutions optimize defenses at the internet level, ensuring speedy and safe connections regardless of user location or workload situation.

Join Our Team as a Principal Software Engineer in Data Engineering

We're excited to announce an opening for a Principal Software Engineer in Data Engineering, focused on innovating Zscaler's Business Insights product. This initiative delivers profound business insights to our clientele, empowering them with valuable data-driven decision-making tools derived from extensive telemetry.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and develop multi-tenant systems for managing vast amounts of structured and semi-structured data rapidly and efficiently.
- Construct a robust and scalable data platform tailored to the diverse needs of Business Insights applications.
- Collaborate closely with product management, marketing, security, UX/UI, and data teams to refine and expand Business Insights capabilities.
- Devise models that accurately represent business entities and their interrelations, enhancing our analytic offerings.

Minimum Qualifications

- Over 12 years in software development, with a focus on creating high-performance data processing infrastructure. Expertise in profiling, log analysis, and tuning is essential.
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience developing data/analytics-driven applications.
- Proficiency in Java (5+ years), Python, and familiarity with Go preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of Big Data integration, including Hadoop, with proficiency in Hive/KQL/SQL.
- Experience designing systems under REST architectural principles, and working with various messaging queues like RabbitMQ and Kafka.
- Knowledge of cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP) and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is advantageous.
- Proven ability at building connectors for integrating third-party data from various SaaS platforms.
- Exceptional interpersonal, technical, and communication skills, with the ability to quickly learn and integrate new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

- Skilled in optimizing code performance within big data environments.
- Extensive understanding of DBMS, including NoSQL principles and design.
- Proven track record in JVM tuning for peak performance.
- Experience overseeing software products from concept through to execution and support.
- A foundational grasp of statistics and machine learning is advantageous.

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Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this full-time role is $210,000—$240,000 USD, excluding potential bonuses and equity, plus benefits. Zscaler's salaries are competitive and reflective of market standards.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Zscaler is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are devoted to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or other protected classifications.

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Zscaler also provides appropriate accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and for reasons related to religion, pregnancy, or neurodivergence.

For additional insights on this role and to apply, visit Zscaler's career page.