Senior Software Architect, Platform Engineering

zscaler

San Jose, California, USA · San Jose · USA

Posted Apr 2, 2026

Full-time
Hybrid
Zero Trust Exchange

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Job description

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our 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 say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. 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 be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

Identity is the new security perimeter. Come help manage digital risk by applying security through identity integration and controls.

We are looking for a Senior Architect to join our Identity and Access Management team. This is a hybrid role on-site three days a week in San Jose, reporting to the Director,Software Development Engineering ZIdentity team. You will be responsible for design and development of enterprise-grade Identity Management Products for Zscaler. You will leverage your deep expertise in IAM and public cloud environments to drive hands-on development and provide technical leadership.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Practice technical leadership in design, development, and optimization of Identity platform. Need to focus on strategy for the product growth and expansion in a cost effective way.
Spearhead the technical roadmap for the Kubernetes platform, architecting centralized identity and access management (IAM) solutions to support enterprise-scale business goals.
Work closely with engineering teams to enhance support for Common Identity platform
Drive professional development and growth initiatives for team members

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain
Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience in application architecture and development using Java. Experience developing enterprise-grade Security or Networking products. Expert-level technical knowledge: Enterprise Java, OOP, OOA, systems architecture, RESTful APIs, and related frameworks ( e.g. Hibernate, Spring). CI/CD (tools and processes) and expert in Kubernetes and container infrastructure
Expert-level knowledge of container ecosystems (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestrating massive-scale K8s clusters in AWS & GCP. Deep experience architecting highly automated, secure CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitOps, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitLab CI) to enable zero-downtime deployments (Blue/Green, Canary) across global environments. Expertise designing and optimizing Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), L4/L7 cloud load balancers, and Kubernetes Ingress Controllers (eg Envoy, NGINX, Traefik) for extreme throughput and low latency, multi-cloud & DR
Basic understanding of PKI & Identity and Access Management protocols, specifically SAML, OAuth & OpenID connect is required

What Will Make You Standout (Preferred Qualifications)

Prior experience building identity platform, hyper scale k8s platform

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

Base Pay Range

$245,000—$350,000 USD

At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

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:

Various health plans
Time off plans for vacation and sick time
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here.

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

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