zscaler

Senior Staff Software Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane)

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At a Glance

Location
San Jose, California, United States
Work Regime
hybrid
Experience
8+ years
Posted
2026-06-22T15:59:02-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

Linux

Domain Knowledge

  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Medical

Requirements

You are customer-obsessed.

You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems.

You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive.

You build solutions, processes, and teams that are not just effective today but are built to last and support a high-growth, global organization.

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving

8+ years of experience building large-scale commercial networking and security applications with proficiency in programming languages C or C++

Responsibilities

Design and implement Datapath features related to Load Balancer, Firewall rules and L7 Protocol implementations

Independently drive moderately complex projects from conception to deployment with full ownership

Utilize expert knowledge of networking protocols and services including DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, and SSL/TLS

Leverage Unix or Linux operating systems knowledge to optimize networking and security applications