Software Architect, Endpoint Engineering
San Jose, CA 
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Posted 11 days ago
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About Zscaler

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so that customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the company's cloud-native platform that protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

With more than 10 years of experience developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers around the world, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations. In addition to protecting customers from damaging threats, such as ransomware and data exfiltration, it helps them slash costs, reduce complexity, and improve the user experience by eliminating stacks of latency-creating gateway appliances.

Zscaler 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. Zscaler's purpose-built security platform puts a company's defenses and controls where the connections occur-the internet-so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications and workloads reside.

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
$233,750$275,000 USD

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
10+ years
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