Staff Software Development Engineer - Security Products

About the role

Zscaler is building security products that let organizations adopt AI applications and agents safely and at scale. This is a hybrid position based in Singapore, reporting to the Director of Software Engineering. You will act as a hands-on Staff Software Engineer leading key product capabilities, taking full ownership of complex technical initiatives, shaping architectural direction and guiding other engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of major product capabilities, owning projects from problem definition through implementation, rollout and production operation.
• Design secure, reliable and scalable systems with clearly defined trust boundaries, balancing security, privacy, performance, reliability and usability.
• Lead complex investigations while improving engineering practices, testing and operational readiness.
• Mentor engineers and give direction through design and code reviews.
• Partner with product and research teams and contribute to technical strategy and longer-term architecture.

Required profile

• 7+ years of software-engineering experience, including ownership of complex production systems and leadership of technically ambiguous, cross-functional projects.
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing or positioning AI-driven solutions.
• Experience designing systems with clear security, privacy and reliability requirements, and a strong understanding of concurrency, networking, storage, APIs and operational observability.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP or Azure.

Required skills

• Strong proficiency in Go, Rust and Python.
• Deep expertise in systems engineering, distributed systems, security engineering, backend platforms or endpoint software.
• Preferred: experience building security, cloud or enterprise software, including endpoint software for Windows, macOS and Linux; familiarity with AI applications, agents, developer platforms or AI security; experience with security policy, detection, analysis or software supply-chain systems.

What we offer

• Health plans, vacation and sick time, parental leave options and retirement options.
• Education reimbursement and in-office perks.
• A hybrid working model.