Principal Software Engineer - Risk360

Our Engineering team built the world's largest cloud security platform from the ground up, and we keep building. With more than 100 patents and big plans for enhancing services and increasing our global footprint, the team has made us and our multitenant architecture today's cloud security leader, with more than 15 million users in 185 countries.

Bring your vision and passion to our team of cloud architects, software engineers, security experts, and more who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.

We're looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our Risk360 team. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for :

• Technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, guiding them in best practices and design decisions.
• Design of data processing pipelines to handle data ingestion, transformation, and analysis to derive actionable insights for risk quantification.
• Product features related to data transformations, enrichment, and analytics.
• Observability of the platform and automation of test infrastructure.
• Implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, such as GDPR or CCPA.
• Establishing monitoring mechanisms to track the data platform's performance and health and define maintenance procedures to keep it running smoothly.
• Collaborating with product managers, UX designers, and other backend teams to understand and translate requirements into functional specifications.

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10+ years of experience in software development and enterprise data warehouse solutions; with at least 5+ years of experience in building scalable data processing infrastructure, taking into account concurrency, latency, and efficiency by profiling, reviewing logs, etc.
• Proficient in Core Java, Concurrency and Distributed Computing.
• Proficient in SQL including query planning and optimizing queries to analyze and improve performance.
• Proficient in cloud infrastructure services on AWS / Azure / GCP, and stay informed about relevant technology trends and developments.
• Experience in container (ex : docker) and container orchestration (ex : kubernetes) based environments.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Ability to write code that can perform efficiently in a big data setup, which will scale to handle large volumes of data efficiently, considering the potential growth of data over time.
• Knowledge of various DBMS systems, including NoSQL architectures and design principles.
• Working knowledge of GraphQL and understanding of security compliance frameworks.
• Experience tuning JVM for optimal application performance.
• MS in Computer Science or related field.

This is an office-based role in either our San Jose, CA or Alpharetta, GA office (hybrid environment).

At Zscaler, we believe that diversity drives innovation, productivity, and success. We are looking for individuals from all backgrounds and identities to join our team and contribute to our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

We are guided by these principles as we create a representative and impactful team, and a culture where everyone belongs.

For more information on our commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, visit the Corporate Responsibility page of our website.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including :

• 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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