Principal Software Development Engineer (Microservices)

Zscaler · Santa Clara

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Company
Zscaler
Location
Santa Clara
Salary
$185,500 — $265,000
Posted
October 8, 2026

About this job

Role We are looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer (Microservices) to join our team. This is a hybrid role (in Santa Clara, CA office, minimum 3 days per week), reporting to the Senior Director, Software Development Engineering in the Engineering ZIA Core department. You will work on the control plane for the Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) product, helping evolve the platform to meet massive scale with cloud-native, microservices-based architecture. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Lead the technical roadmap to modernize the ZIA control plane using API-first, domain-aligned microservices with clear service ownership and multi-region architectures (active-active, failover, disaster recovery) Design, develop, and operate low-latency, event-driven services end to end (API…

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