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Principal Software Engineer

Remote - Valencian Cmty, Spain
Software Development
C++
Java
Go
C#
linux

Locations:  This job can be worked remotely from any EMEA country with Zscaler legal entity. Preferred location: Spain 

Job Description

We want you to be our colleague in the Core Team, part of the Cloud Browser Isolation product. Our purpose is to explore new ways of making browser isolation user experience one of the best in the market and, why not, the best.

We are a distributed team that works fast and lives on the cutting edge of backend, frontend and infrastructure software engineering. 

We favour open-source reuse but we are not afraid of building stuff ourselves where it makes sense.. 

This role may interface with customers, subject matter experts, technical experts, developers and QA engineers located globally and in different time zones.

The Principle Software Engineer will report to the Senior Engineering Manager.

Zscaler is looking for a seasoned and agile software engineer that has a unique combination of skills. The ideal candidate will play a key role in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation, test, release and monitor of components of  Browser Isolation Platform, Core team.  

This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, dynamic team that is working on cutting edge Browser Isolation technology to evolve our current cloud security flagship products: ZIA and ZPA.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Complete ownership of multiple components definition, design, implementation, testing, delivery and monitor, according to the team's area of responsibility.
  • Analyse product requirements and translating into a feasible technical solution.
  • Design highly available and scalable solutions with security in mind for public cloud applications.
  • Write correct, maintainable, portable, testable, secure, performant and reliable code of our current components and future components.
  • Write unit / integration / e2e / performance / resilience tests where it makes sense and integrate them in our CI/CD flow.
  • Build quick MVPs / POCs to validate technical solutions.
  • Act as a mentor and a leader to all (especially junior) team members.

 

Requirements:

  • Great communication and interpersonal skills
  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering 
  • 3+ years of modern C++ (C++ 11 or later)
  • At least 2 years of experience in one of the following programming languages: Java, Go, C#, Rust
  • 3+ years of Linux experience
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex systems
  • Build systems, Continuous Integration (Jenkins or similar) 
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, systems design and programming principles
  • A keen interest in security and performance 
  • Comfortable with scoping effort and estimating development tasks
  • Be willing to learn new technologies

 

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of browser engines (Chromium, Firefox or WebKit) internals 
  • Experience in dealing with low latency networking
  • Experience in working with low level networking protocols (TCP, UDP or custom protocols) is a plus or known or custom protocols
  • Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes
  • Experience with cloud deployments (AWS, GCP or Azure) 
  • Web technologies such as WebAudio, WebGL, WebAssembly

 

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