# Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer

**Company**: Zscaler
**Location**: Santa Clara, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $180,000-$225,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team at Zscaler. This is a hybrid role based in our Santa Clara, CA headquarters, reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering in the Zero Trust Exchange department. You will serve as a key technical leader, contributing to architectural direction, designing high-performance systems-level subsystems, and leading the engineering execution of our next-generation inspection capabilities.

**Role Expectations**

- Design and implement core components of high-performance DLP engines, dictionary compilers, and distributed incident processing pipelines, writing clean, highly optimized systems-level C code.

- Lead the technical design and engineering execution for core Data Loss Prevention (DLP) libraries, inspection engines, and high-performance backend infrastructure.

- Maintain and champion high architectural standards for multi-threaded C daemons on FreeBSD/Linux, implementing robust shared memory structures, high-performance Inter-Process Communication (IPC), and lockless concurrency.

- Serve as a primary technical escalation point for complex production issues, utilizing post-mortem core dump analysis, deep system profiling, and memory leak detection to resolve system bottlenecks.

**Success Profile**

- You act like an owner, demonstrating a strong bias for action and a deep care for outcomes while navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

- You are a learner who maintains a true growth mindset, actively seeking feedback to continuously develop yourself and work with a strong sense of purpose.

- You are a positive force who approaches complex technical challenges with constructive, contagious energy that keeps your team inspired and focused on solutions.

- You operate with urgency, maintaining a relentless focus on high-speed, high-quality execution to deliver impactful results quickly.

- You are resilient and adaptable, viewing change as an opportunity and maintaining composure to guide yourself and your team through high-pressure situations.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving.

- Advanced hands-on proficiency in C programming on Linux or FreeBSD runtime environments, with deep architectural expertise in Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and shared memory architectures.

- 8+ years of experience with systems software engineering, including a proven track record driving the design and delivery of high-performance backend platforms.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency.

- Familiarity with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies, including regex evaluation engines, custom dictionary compilers, and EDM (Exact Data Match) / IDM (Indexed Document Matching).

**Salary Range:** The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/bonus/equity (if applicable) + benefits. Base Pay Range $180,000-$225,000 USD

**Benefits:**

- Various health plans

- Time off plans for vacation and sick time

- Parental leave options

- Retirement options

- Education reimbursement

- In-office perks, and more!

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## Skills

### Required
- C programming
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
- shared memory architectures
- systems software engineering
- AI tools

### Nice to have
- AI technologies
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies
- regex evaluation engines
- custom dictionary compilers
- EDM (Exact Data Match) / IDM (Indexed Document Matching)

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