Job brief: Principal Software Development Engineer- Go/Java

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• Listed on Zscaler's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $185,000 to $265,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Santa Clara, California, USA · Office - Santa Clara, USA
• Posted: 2026-10-27

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Principal".

Must have

• What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)
• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field with 12+ years of experience in hyperscale systems, with a deep understanding of the unique failure modes and technical hurd…
• The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based o…

Conditions

• This is a Hybrid (3 days in office) role, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering in the Zero Trust Exchange department.
• In-office perks, and more!
• Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here .

Main duties

• Lead the hands-on development and migration to a workflow-as-code platform (Temporal), building replay-safe, idempotent workflows that ensure deterministic o…
• Design and implement services that leverage LLMs and ML for intelligent signal correlation, automated triage, and “self-correcting” fleet operations
• Develop framework-level services and internal APIs that ensure all new products are delivered “orchestration-ready” with reliability hooks built directly int…
• Build deep telemetry (metrics, traces, and events) into the management plane so that every fleet-wide action is fully explainable, auditable, and replayable

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in Santa Clara, CA: $229k a year (27 listings, 2 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Zscaler's 158 open listings, 34% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Zscaler hires

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