Software Architect, Endpoint Engineering

San Jose, CA, United States

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world's largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler.

Job Description

The Endpoint team at ZScaler is responsible for developing a cross-platform client application for Windows, MacOS, Android, IOS and Linux in securing the device traffic. You will have domain expertise in developing networking applications on one or more platforms. You will ideally have worked on a VPN client or similar client application and understand the intricacies of multi-version multi-platform networking client apps. This is a technical leadership position; you will be involved in evolving concepts to products; providing solutions to problems for our customers. You will be leading all aspects of product development lifecycle - requirements research, discussion/analysis, design, scope estimation, planning, implementation, code reviews and unit testing, documentation, POCs, deployment and continuing engineering. You will be the go-to person for the engineers, PMs and management for technical consultation.

The Endpoint Architect will be responsible for:

Building and enhancing best in class endpoint networking applications to securely forward traffic to ZScaler Cloud

Innovate, ideate, prototype and tinker to expand the product areas

Collaborate with internal ZScaler teams as domain expert for Endpoint platform

Ability to research into new areas of technical areas as the product expands

Ability to estimate complex projects and help execute project plans

Serve as technical subject matter expert and help resolve customer deployment issues and champion the product

Collaborate with Product Managers to fulfill product roadmap and with Technology partners to bring innovative solutions to market

Building technical solutions involving third party products, open source and partners

Qualifications

15+ years software engineering experience with 5 years as an architect

5+ years in networking Endpoint development (Experience in Windows or MacOS or Android or IOS or Linux)

Hands on Networking programming experience with VPN like technologies

Strong knowledge of L2/L3 networking protocols and services - DNS, DHCP. HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS

Experience with Web Proxy, VPN clients and endpoint firewall

Knowledge of user Authentication mechanisms

Experience with complexities of a secure and hardened cross-platform software development is a strong plus

Mobile device Management (MDM) and Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is a plus

Experience developing cross platform end points

Passion for excellence in product development processes and best practices

Education Requirements

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field is required, Masters is preferred

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Base Pay Range

$192,500-$275,000 USD

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