Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, Zero Trust Branch

Job overview

The Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, Zero Trust Branch role is hybrid, based in Santa Clara, CA, with three days in the office. The annual base salary range is $180,000–$225,000. The role supports Zscaler’s Zero Trust Branch datapath team, building services and APIs for its global platform. The engineer designs and develops resilient, high-performance network software and integrations. This work advances cloud-delivered security and SD-WAN capabilities for users worldwide.

What you'll do

• Collaborate across teams to define requirements, architecture, and cloud software solutions
• develop network applications and protocols using Go and Python
• design data structures for network processing
• perform system-level programming in Linux
• analyze performance, optimize systems, and lead code reviews, testing, and debugging.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior staff software development engineer

zscaler

santa clara ca

hybrid

zero trust branch

datapath

go

python

linux

l2-l7 networking

sd-wan

cloud security

salary $180,000-$225,000/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health plans
• vacation and sick time
• parental leave options
• retirement options
• education reimbursement
• in-office perks.

Why this role

Focus on L2-L7 networking, Linux system programming, and high-performance dataplane services for Zero Trust Branch.

About the employer

Zscaler is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.