Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer (Java/Spring/Distributed Systems)

Overview

Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer for Zscaler’s core API team, responsible for high-performance API design and building robust microservices.

What you'll do

• Design and develop secure, scalable, reusable APIs.
• Build microservices and extend in-house APIs.
• Develop client-side code interacting with RESTful services and SDKs.
• Collaborate with front-end teams to understand user requirements.
• Champion DevOps practices across CI, provisioning, deployment, testing, and version control.
• Lead system design, architectural governance, and the long-term technical roadmap.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience building production-grade software.
• Strong backend experience with Java and Spring Boot/Spring Framework (or Quarkus).
• Experience building distributed, cloud-native applications for high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Deep experience with containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes) on cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated curiosity with integrating AI tools to streamline workflows and augment problem-solving.

Nice to have

• Comfort switching between languages such as Java, Go, Python, or C++.
• Hands-on experience with complex GitLab CI/CD pipelines and automated release workflows.
• Advanced Kubernetes orchestration knowledge.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.