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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, ZIA Core Datapath

Zscaler Santa Clara, California Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$157,500-$225,000 USD per year

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Description

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure.

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, ZIA Core Datapath to join our team.

This is a hybrid role, reporting to the Sr Manager, Software Engineering, QA in the ZIA Engineering team.

In this role you will own the architecture, development, and maintenance of a high-scale system test automation infrastructure for ZIA Core Datapath, a cloud security platform processing 400B+ transactions daily.

You will build repeatable automation suites for L4-L7 technologies, validate cloud firewall and tunneling stacks, diagnose customer issues, and mentor engineers while driving continuous regression optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams during design, development, and maintenance of cloud-based software solutions
  • Architect, design, develop, and maintain a scalable system test automation infrastructure for a cloud product processing 400B+ transactions per day
  • Build repeatable automation suites to validate L4–L7 technologies, including cloud firewall, IPsec/GRE tunneling, load balancers, IPS/IDS, and routing/switching
  • Act as an owner and advocate for testing at scale, pushing the limits of the software under test through proficient coding methodologies and strong debugging/troubleshooting
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers, take full ownership of features, and continuously optimize the regression cycle

Requirements

  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain
  • 12+ years of overall experience with strong programming skills in building test automation frameworks in Python
  • Solid understanding of the TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP(S), TLS, PKI, DNS, DHCP, VPN, HA, routing and switching, and tunneling methods such as IPsec/GRE
  • Strong background in L3, L4, and L7 filtering policies, with hands-on exposure to load balancers, IPS/IDS, and routers
  • Proven experience in manual and automated functional, integration, performance, and scale testing for cloud security/SaaS products, including test plan and test case creation
  • Excellent debugging/troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve complex network infrastructure, HTTP/SSL, and firewall issues in customer environments

Benefits

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

Skills

Required

  • AI/ML technologies
  • Python
  • TCP/IP protocol stack
  • HTTP(S)
  • TLS
  • PKI
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • VPN
  • HA
  • routing and switching
  • IPsec/GRE
  • L3, L4, and L7 filtering policies
  • load balancers
  • IPS/IDS
  • routers
  • test automation frameworks

Nice to have

  • AI-assisted coding
  • static/dynamic analysis
  • intelligent automation tools
  • traffic generators
  • performance/load testing tools
  • fuzzing techniques

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zscaler/jobs/5212224007

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