Staff Software Development Engineer
Remote · Santa Clara · San Jose · USD 152,000-190,000 · 3+ years experience · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Location
- Remote · Santa Clara · San Jose
- Salary
- USD 152,000-190,000 · Base salary
About the role
- We are looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team in Santa Clara, CA or Remote - USA.
- You will be working on the Client Connector, protecting corporate devices by securely and privately sending traffic from those devices to Zscaler’s global network.
- In your role, you will predominantly use Rust along with platform-native languages and APIs to implement high-performance networking code that runs on multiple desktop platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance, low-complexity networking code for the Zscaler Client Connector predominantly using Rust
- Build solid, easily-testable, and well-documented foundations to improve code quality across multiple desktop platforms
- Debug complex network-related problems and implement solutions using systems programming and security protocols
- Contribute significantly to the design of major development projects and collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional teams
- Communicate proactively and constructively to solve stimulating scale, quality, performance, and security problems
Requirements
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience with hands-on software development, in languages like C++
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience coding with Rust, particularly in systems programming and async frameworks like Tokio and Reqwest
- Deep experience with networking, particularly tunneling applications and IPv4/IPv6 transport mechanisms
Preferred qualifications
- Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
- Experience using AI coding tools throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Cross-platform development experience across multiple client operating systems, including macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android
- Experience with software development in Swift and Objective-C
Benefits
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks
Workplace
- This is a Santa Clara, CA or Remote - USA role
Skills
- Rust
- C++
- Swift
- Objective-C
- Python
- Tokio
- Reqwest
- TCP/IP
- UDP
- DNS
- QUIC
- IPv4/IPv6
