Staff Software Development Engineer

Zscaler provides a cloud-based Zero Trust Exchange platform that protects users, devices, and applications from cyberattacks and data loss. The Staff Software Development Engineer will develop high-performance networking code for the Zscaler Client Connector using Rust and platform-native technologies, while contributing to major projects and solving scale, quality, performance, and security challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement high-performance, low-complexity networking code for the Zscaler Client Connector predominantly using Rust
• Build solid, easily-testable, and well-documented foundations to improve code quality across multiple desktop platforms
• Debug complex network-related problems and implement solutions using systems programming and security protocols
• Contribute significantly to the design of major development projects and collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional teams
• Communicate proactively and constructively to solve stimulating scale, quality, performance, and security problems

Requirements:

• Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience with hands-on software development, in languages like C++
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience coding with Rust, particularly in systems programming and async frameworks like Tokio and Reqwest
• Deep experience with networking, particularly tunneling applications and IPv4/IPv6 transport mechanisms
• Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
• Experience using AI coding tools throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Cross-platform development experience across multiple client operating systems, including macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android
• Experience with software development in Swift and Objective-C