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Posted 21 Aug · 40 open roles

Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer (Backend Dev - C/C++)

Bangalore, INDonsiteApply by 27 Oct 2026

Undisclosed
Salary
7+ yrs
Experience
Full time
Job type
  • C++
  • AWS
  • Linux

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Development Engineer to join our team. This is a Hybrid role, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering in the Engineering department. In this position, you will serve as a key technical leader and core development engineer, driving critical system-level optimizations, automation frameworks, and multi-cloud infrastructure strategy across our engineering ecosystem.

  • Work with Linux/FreeBSD-based systems for software development, including configuration and scripting for system-level optimization
  • Work proficiently across public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP) to create and export VM images

Full details and the application are on Zscaler's careers site.

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