Principal Software Development Engineer

1 day ago


Hyderabad IND, India Zscaler Full time US$ 1,25,000 - US$ 1,75,000 per year

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.

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) team. This is a hybrid role, reporting in the Hyderabad office 3 days a week. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for:

  • Designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs using Go, integrating with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis
  • Writing and maintaining unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure code quality while monitoring, debugging, and optimizing system performance
  • Mentoring junior engineers, fostering their growth and success, and actively participating in code reviews to uphold best practices
  • Collaborating with external teams to deliver integrated solutions and ensure seamless system functionality
  • Contributing to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives, to drive project success

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

  • 14 years of experience, with proficiency coding in Go (Golang), including strong expertise in concurrency, parallelism, GRPC, Protobuf, net/http, and TLS
  • Skilled in building large-scale distributed systems, RESTful API design, and working with web frameworks like Gin and Echo
  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and version control tools like Git
  • Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, along with CI/CD pipeline implementation
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail for designing robust solutions

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience with systems languages like Rust or C/C , particularly in performance-critical environments

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