Sr Staff Software Engineer (Quality & Automation)

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 worlds 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 debatewere 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 youre enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If youre driven by purpose thrive on solving complex challenges and want to be part of the team thats 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 Sr Staff Software Engineer (Quality & Automation) to join our team. This is a hybrid (in office San Jose CA minimum 3 days per week) role reporting to the Senior Manager Engineering in the ZPA Engineering this highly impactful role you will lead software quality engineering and test automation for Zscalers highly distributed security cloud built on Zero Trust Architecture. You will leverage AI-assisted frameworks for test automation while actively participating in crucial cloud operations to achieve five nines of high availability.

What youll do (Role Expectations)

• Gain an in-depth understanding of Zscaler cloud technologies particularly Datapath and leverage AI frameworks for test-driven development
• Work closely with developers and product management to understand and provide inputs on new features
• Lead AI-assisted test plan generation execution test automation and bug fix validation
• Contribute to core cloud operations including phased software rollouts feature enablement alert handling and capacity planning
• Monitor diagnose and resolve complex system failures across distributed networks while conducting performance benchmarking and chaos testing

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner with a strong passion for the mission operating with integrity a bias for action and the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You operate with urgency understanding that speed and quality are not mutually exclusive and maintaining a relentless focus on execution to deliver high-impact results quickly.
• You are data-driven using data and analytics to find the truth measure what matters and guide informed decisions based on evidence over assumptions.
• You think at scale connecting day-to-day work to the broader company mission and building sustainable solutions designed to support a high-growth global organization.
• You are resilient and adaptable viewing change as an opportunity maintaining composure in high-pressure situations and guiding yourself and your team through complexity.

What Were Looking for (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
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electronics or a related field
• 5 years of experience in network testing and automation
• Experience testing cloud security and Datapath technologies
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP observability tools and operational automation

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with AI-assisted testing automation and validation frameworks
• Prior experience with Zero Trust Architecture or related security domains
• Experience supporting high-scale cloud operations

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