Zscaler

Principal Software Development Engineer

Zscaler
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3 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain MCP servers for secure interactions between LLMs, agents, enterprise tools, APIs, databases, and local resources.
  • Design and deploy high-performance containerized Generative AI workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, model quantization, and KV-cache optimization.
  • Lead the architecture, deployment, and evolution of production-scale Generative AI platforms and intelligent agent systems.
  • Define engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for robust enterprise AI systems.
  • Partner across multidisciplinary teams to deliver scalable, secure, observable, and production-ready AI capabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant expertise in distributed systems, platform engineering, or machine learning infrastructure.
  • Proven experience building, deploying, and operating production-grade AI/ML or LLM systems at scale.
  • Strong Python expertise and experience with systems languages such as Go, C++, Rust, or Java.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions.
  • Preferred: experience with AI safety, evaluation benchmarks, guardrails, and LLM observability frameworks.
  • Preferred: experience with RAG systems, vector databases, embedding pipelines, and retrieval tuning.
  • Preferred: experience with vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, Triton, Ray Serve, or equivalent inference and serving frameworks.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Various health plans.
  • Vacation and sick time-off plans.
  • Parental leave options.
  • Retirement options.
  • Education reimbursement.
  • In-office perks.
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About Zscaler

5,001-10,000 employees

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security. The world’s largest businesses, critical infrastructure organizations, and government agencies rely on Zscaler to secure users, branches, applications, data & devices, and to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Distributed across 160+ data centers globally, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform combined with advanced AI combats billions of cyber threats and policy violations every day and unlocks productivity gains for modern enterprises by reducing costs and complexity. Stay Connected: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zscaler Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/zscaler Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zscaler/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zscalerinc/

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