Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering - Firewall, Datapath

Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering - Firewall, Datapath

San Jose, California, USA

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. Our cloud native Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here,
impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate
—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges and want to make a positive difference on a global scale, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

We're looking for a Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering to join our ZIA team. This is a hybrid role, reporting in the San Jose, CA office 3 days a week. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for:

• Leading end-to-end development, test, deploy and monitor of services for our ZIA Product
• Contributing to the ZIA (Zscaler Internet Access) leadership team for company level processes and initiatives
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to manage changing priorities, ensure timelines, support escalations, and enhance collaboration between local and remote team
• Leading by example, offer hands‑on involvement, mentor engineers to grow their skills, and oversee critical tasks like code reviews, bug triaging, and build processes
• Maintaining a customer‑first mindset by participating in escalations, demos, beta trials, and delivering a product centered around an exceptional customer experience

What We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• 15+ years of software development experience with at least 5 years of focus in building distributed solutions for ‘software as a Service’ platform for cloud scale and performance
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols and services - DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS and knowledge of Firewall policy enforcement and traffic forwarding rules
• Good experience in working with Firewalls and Load Balancers
• Experience in agile collaboration models (e.g. Kanban/Scrum) and Jira
• Track record of hiring, grooming and retaining top talent

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong distributed systems and SaaS development experience
• In depth knowledge of one of the CSPs like AWS, Azure or GCP.

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$182,000 - $260,000 USD

Base salary range listed for this full‑time position excludes commission/bonus/equity (if applicable) + benefits.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• In‑office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscaler’s Future of Work strategy, hybrid working model, and benefits here.

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